Sublittoral sand
Description (English)
Clean medium to fine sands or non-cohesive slightly muddy sands on open coasts, offshore or in estuaries and marine inlets. Such habitats are often subject to a degree of wave action or tidal currents which restrict the silt and clay content to less than 15%. This habitat is characterised by a range of taxa including polychaetes, bivalve molluscs and amphipod crustacea.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A5.2 |
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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
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.SSa | Sublittoral sands and muddy sands | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.2 | Sublittoral sand | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.2 | Sublittoral sand | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.72 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral sandy bottoms | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.2 | Sublittoral sands and muddy sands | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.72 | Animal communities of deep circalittoral sandy bottoms | narrower |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.2 | Sublittoral sands and muddy sands | same |