EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019
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Sublittoral coarse sediment
Sublittoral coarse sediment
English name:
Sublittoral coarse sediment
Description (English)
Coarse sediments including coarse sand, gravel, pebbles, shingle and cobbles which are often unstable due to tidal currents and/or wave action. These habitats are generally found on the open coast or in tide-swept channels of marine inlets. They typically have a low silt content and a lack of a significant seaweed component. They are characterised by a robust fauna including venerid bivalves.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A5.1 |
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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
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.3. | Sea and ocean | n/a |
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405 | SS.SCS | Sublittoral coarse sediment (unstable cobbles and pebbles, gravels and coarse sands) | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.73 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.71 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.1 | Sublittoral coarse sediment | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.73 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.71 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.1 | Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.1 | Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands | same |