EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A5 - Sublittoral sediment > A5.5 - Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment > A5.53 - Sublittoral seagrass beds

Sublittoral seagrass beds

English name: Sublittoral seagrass beds

Description (English)

Beds of submerged marine angiosperms in the genera Cymodocea, Halophila, Posidonia, Ruppia, Thalassia, Zostera.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A5.53
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A5)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

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	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	1110	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae)	1120	Wider

Vegetation types

Species mentioned in habitat description

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.41	Marine tasselweed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.36	Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.35	Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.34	Posidonia beds	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	5.2.3.	Sea and ocean	n/a
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405	SS.SMp.SSgr	Sublittoral seagrass beds	narrower
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	43	Seagrass beds	wider
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	SM2	Ruppia maritima salt-marsh community	narrower

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.53	Sublittoral seagrass beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.56	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.53	Zostera beds in infralittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.56	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.53	Zostera beds in infralittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.6	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.53	Zostera beds in infralittoral sediments	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.51	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.52	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.55	Posidonia beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.54	Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.53	Zostera marina and Ruppia beds in sheltered infralittoral fine sand and mud	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.13	Cymodocea beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A4.14	Halophila beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2.41	Marine tasselweed Ruppia and Zannichellia communities	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A5.35	Posidonia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.41	Marine tasselweed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.331	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.36	Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.35	Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.34	Posidonia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.41	Marine tasselweed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.331	Mediterranean Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.36	Temperate Halophila and Thalassia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.35	Thermo-Atlantic Cymodocea beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.34	Posidonia beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.331		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.34		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.35		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.36		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.41		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.331		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.34		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.35		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.36		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.41		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.331		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.34		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.36		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.41		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	11.34		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	11.35		narrower
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	IMS.Sgr	Seagrass beds (sublittoral/lower shore)	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	IMS.Rup		wider

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