Sublittoral sand

English name: 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
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A5)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
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
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
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
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