Concept: Mediterranean communities of superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.28
Preferred label	Mediterranean communities of superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters
Definition	These habitats are located in protected coves, in sheltered environments, where a substrate consisting of a muddy-sandy sediment, sometimes mixed with a small amount of gravel, occurs. Depth is mostly around 1 metre, rarely more than 3 metres. These shallow areas are characterised by very variable environmental conditions and may present facies with epiflora or major developments of filtering or burrowing species.
Notation	A5.28
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Need to check for overlap with BioMar or HELCOM units, and whether this unit should be grouped in A4.2 (sublittoral sands and muddy sands). There is overlap with both BioMar's IMU and CMU types (David Connor)
Has broader	A5.2 (Sublittoral sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.281 (Facies with [Callianassa tyrrhena] and [Kellia corbuloides]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.282 (Facies with fresh water resurgences with [Cerastoderma glaucum] and [Cyathura carinata]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.283 (Facies with [Loripes lacteus], [Tapes] spp.) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.284 (Association with [Caulerpa prolifera] on superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.285 (Facies of hydrothermal oozes with [Cyclope neritea] and nematodes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/2208