MB4-24 - Communautés animales sur sédiment hétérogène de l'infralittoral en milieu à salinité variable en Atlantique

Faunal communities on variable salinity Atlantic infralittoral mixed sediment

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Shallow sublittoral mixed sediments in estuarine conditions, often with surface shells or stones, enabling the development of diverse epifaunal communities, e.g. Crepidula fornicata (MB4-242), as well as infaunal communities. This habitat type is therefore often quite species rich, compared with purer sediments.

Bibliography

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