EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MF1 - Lower bathyal rock > MF15 - Mediterranean lower bathyal rock > MF151 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean lower bathyal rock > MF1511 - Mediterranean lower bathyal Lophelia pertusa reefs

Mediterranean lower bathyal Lophelia pertusa reefs

Description (English)

Facies of the framework-building coral Lophelia pertusa, accompanied by the solitary coral Desmophyllum dianthus, antipatharians (Leiopathes), octocorals (the calcified gorgonacean Corallium rubrum) and yellow corals (Dendrophyllia). Serpulids, cirripeds such as the large barnacle Pachylasma giganteum, bivalves, sponges and gastropods which feed on corals contribute to the richness of these assemblages.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MF1511
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Reefs	1170	Narrower	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Invertebrates Corallium rubrum

Invertebrates Lophelia pertusa

Invertebrates Pachylasma giganteum

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Corallium rubrum		Invertebrates
Lophelia pertusa		Invertebrates
Pachylasma giganteum		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.611	Deep-sea Lophelia pertusa reefs	narrower

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6.611	Deep-sea Lophelia pertusa reefs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.611	Lophelia pertusa reefs	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5.611	Lophelia pertusa reefs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A5.131	Lophelia pertusa reefs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A5.11	Lophelia pertusa reefs on circalittoral offshore rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A5.41	Lophelia beds on circalittoral offshore rock	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	COR.Lop	Lophelia reefs	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	COR.Lop		same

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