MD4-21 - Communautés animales dans du sédiment hétérogène du circalittoral du large en Atlantique

Faunal communitites in Atlantic offshore circalittoral mixed sediment

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Offshore (deep) circalittoral habitats with slightly muddy mixed gravelly sand and stones or shell. This habitat may cover large areas of the offshore continental shelf although there is relatively little data available. Such habitats are often highly diverse with a high number of infaunal polychaete and bivalve species. Animal communities in this habitat are closely related to offshore gravels and coarse sands and in some areas populations of the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus may develop in these habitats (see MC2-222).

Bibliographie

European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity 2022. EUNIS marine habitat classification 2022 including crosswalks. Table Excel. (Source)