Concept: Circalittoral sandy mud in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.35
Preferred label	Circalittoral sandy mud
Definition	Circalittoral, cohesive sandy mud, typically with over 20% silt/clay, generally in water depths of over 10 m, with weak or very weak tidal streams. This habitat is generally found in deeper areas of bays and marine inlets or offshore from less wave exposed coasts. Sea pens such as [Virgularia mirabilis] and brittlestars such as [Amphiura] spp. are particularly characteristic of this habitat whilst infaunal species include the tube building polychaetes [Lagis koreni] and [Owenia fusiformis], and deposit feeding bivalves such as [Mysella bidentata] and [Abra] spp.
Notation	A5.35
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	A5.351 ([Amphiura filiformis], [Mysella bidentata] and [Abra nitida] in circalittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.352 ([Thyasira] spp. and [Nuculoma tenuis] in circalittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.353 ([Amphiura filiformis] and [Nuculoma tenuis] in circalittoral and offshore muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.354 ([Virgularia mirabilis] and [Ophiura] spp. with [Pecten maximus] on circalittoral sandy or shelly mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.355 ([Lagis koreni] and [Phaxas pellucidus] in circalittoral sandy mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.356 (Pontic circalittoral sandy muds with [Heteromastus filiformis], [Dipolydora quadrilobata] and [Nephthys hombergii]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/5433