Concept: Circalittoral muddy sand in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.26
Preferred label	Circalittoral muddy sand
Definition	Circalittoral non-cohesive muddy sands with the silt content of the substratum typically ranging from 5% to 20%. This habitat is generally found in water depths of over 15-20 m and supports animal-dominated communities characterised by a wide variety of polychaetes, bivalves such as [Abra alba] and [Nucula nitidosa], and echinoderms such as [Amphiura] spp and [Ophiura] spp., and [Astropecten irregularis]. These circalittoral habitats tend to be more stable than their infralittoral counterparts and as such support a richer infaunal community.
Notation	A5.26
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	A5.261 ([Abra alba] and [Nucula nitidosa] in circalittoral muddy sand or slightly mixed sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.262 ([Amphiura brachiata] with [Astropecten irregularis] and other echinoderms in circalittoral muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.263 (Pontic muddy sands with [Spisula subtruncata], [Abra alba], [Parvicardium exiguum] and [Cerastoderma glaucum]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.264 (Pontic muddy sands with [Paphia aurea] and [Spisula subtruncata]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.265 (Pontic upper circalittoral mud with [Spisula subtruncata] and [Aricidea claudiae]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1689