Concept: Infralittoral sandy mud in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.33
Preferred label	Infralittoral sandy mud
Definition	Infralittoral, cohesive sandy mud, typically with over 20% silt/clay, in depths of less than 15-20 m. This habitat is generally found in sheltered bays or marine inlets and along sheltered areas of open coast. Typical species include a rich variety of polychaetes including [Melinna palmate], tube building amphipods ([Ampelisca] spp.) and deposit feeding bivalves such as [Macoma balthica] and [Mysella bidentata]. Sea pens such as [Virgularia mirabilis] and brittlestars such as [Amphiura] spp. may be present but not in the same abundances as found in deeper circalittoral waters.
Notation	A5.33
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	A5.3 (Sublittoral mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.331 ([Nephtys hombergii] and [Macoma balthica] in infralittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.332 ([Sagartiogeton undatus] and [Ascidiella aspersa] on infralittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.333 ([Mysella bidentata] and [Abra] spp. in infralittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.334 ([Melinna palmata] with [Magelona] spp. and [Thyasira] spp. in infralittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.335 ([Ampelisca] spp., [Photis longicaudata] and other tube-building amphipods and polychaetes in infralittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.336 ([Capitella capitata] in enriched sublittoral muddy sediments) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.337 (Pontic sandy mud with [Melinna palmata]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.338 (Pontic sandy mud with [Abra alba], Cardiidae and [Mytilus]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/5429