Concept: Infralittoral muddy sand in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.24
Preferred label	Infralittoral muddy sand
Definition	Non-cohesive muddy sand (with 5% to 20% silt/clay) in the infralittoral zone, extending from the extreme lower shore down to more stable circalittoral zone at about 15-20 m. The habitat supports a variety of animal-dominated communities, particularly polychaetes ([Magelona mirabilis], [Spiophanes bombyx] and [Chaetozone setosa]), bivalves ([Fabulina fibula] and [Chamelea gallina]) and the urchin [Echinocardium cordatum].
Notation	A5.24
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	A5.2 (Sublittoral sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.241 ([Echinocardium cordatum] and [Ensis] spp. in lower shore and shallow sublittoral slightly muddy fine sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.242 ([Fabulina fabula] and [Magelona mirabilis] with venerid bivalves and amphipods in infralittoral compacted fine muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.243 ([Arenicola marina] in infralittoral fine sand or muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.244 ([Spisula subtruncata] and [Nephtys hombergii] in shallow muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.245 ([Turritella] in muddy sands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.246 ([Ervillia castanea] beds in infralittoral sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.247 (Pontic thalassinid-dominated muddy sands with [Upogebia pusilla]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.248 (Pontic muddy sands with [Mya arenaria] and [Anadara inaequivalvis]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/595