Concept: Kelp in variable salinity on low energy infralittoral rock in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A3.32
Preferred label	Kelp in variable salinity on low energy infralittoral rock
Definition	Very wave-sheltered bedrock, boulders and cobbles subject to only weak tidal streams in the sublittoral fringe and infralittoral zone, in areas of variable/reduced salinity. This habitat type is characterised by the kelp [Laminaria saccharina] and coralline crusts such as [Lithothamnion glaciale]. Grazers such as the urchins [Psammechinus miliaris] and [Echinus esculentus], and the gastropods [Gibbula cineraria] and [Buccinum undatum] may be present. The tube-dwelling polychaete [Pomatoceros triqueter], the ascidians [Ciona intestinalis], [Corella parallelogramma] and [Ascidiella scabra], the barnacle [Balanus crenatus], the starfish [Asterias rubens] and the brittlestar [Ophiothrix fragilis] may also be present. Red algal communities are composed primarily of [Phycodrys rubens]. The crabs [Carcinus maenas] and [Pagurus bernhardus], and the bivalve [Modiolus modiolus] may also be observed.
Notation	A3.32
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	A3.3 (Atlantic and Mediterranean low energy infralittoral rock) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A3.321 ([Codium] spp. with red seaweeds and sparse [Laminaria saccharina] on shallow, heavily-silted, very sheltered infralittoral rock) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A3.322 ([Laminaria saccharina] and [Psammechinus miliaris] on variable salinity grazed infralittoral rock) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A3.323 ([Laminaria saccharina] with [Phyllophora] spp. and filamentous green seaweeds on variable or reduced salinity infralittoral rock) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/5412