EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MF1 - Lower bathyal rock > MF15 - Mediterranean lower bathyal rock > MF151 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean lower bathyal rock > MF1513 - Mediterranean lower bathyal Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa reefs

Mediterranean lower bathyal Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa reefs

Description (English)

This facies is characterised by the copresence of the two species of deep sea corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata. The dead parts that are not under mud are very much colonised by bryozoans, brachiopods and serpulid polychaetes, and constitute centers of diversity for the sessile fauna of the continental slope.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MF1513
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)
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
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Reefs	1170	Narrower	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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)	Communities of deep-sea corals	A6.61	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 Lophelia pertusa

Invertebrates Madrepora oculata

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Lophelia pertusa		Invertebrates
Madrepora oculata		Invertebrates

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.61	Communities of deep-sea corals	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6.61	Communities of deep-sea corals	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.63	Communities of deep-sea corals	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.61	Deep-sea bioherm dominated by scleractinian coral framework	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5.63	Communities of deep-sea corals	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A5.13	Biocenosis of deep sea corals	same

Write to us

Call us

Sections