11.22 - Sublittoral soft seabeds

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mostly animal communities colonizing soft sediments such as mud, sand or gravel of the infralittoral and circalittoral zones.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

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