MB5-54 - Assemblages de la biocénose lagunaire euryhaline et/ou eurytherme en Méditerranée

Assemblages of Mediterranean euryhaline and/or eurythermal lagoon biocenosis on sand

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Saline lagoons or occasionally in estuaries with sandy sediments where the salinity is variable over the short or long term (daily to annual). Characteristic species include Vascular plants (Ruppia cirrhosa, R. maritima, Stuckenia pectinata, Zostera marina, Z. noltei, Cymodocea nodosa); (Polychaete worms (Hediste diversicolor, Alitta succinea); Bivalves (Cerastoderma glaucum, Abra segmentum, Scrobicularia plana, Loripes orbiculatus, Gastrana fragilis, Tapes spp., Ostrea edulis); Gasteropods (Rissoa spp., Nassarius reticulatus, Cyclope neritea); Amphipods (Gammarus locusta, Microdeutopus sp.), Isopods (Lekanesphaera hookeri, Cyathura carinata, Idotea chelipes) and the shore crab Carcinus aestuarii.

Bibliographie

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