Concept: Circalittoral fine mud in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.36
Preferred label	Circalittoral fine mud
Definition	Sublittoral muds, occurring below moderate depths of 15-20 m, either on the open coast or in marine inlets such as sealochs. The seapens [Virgularia mirabilis] and [Pennatula phosphorea] are characteristic of this habitat type together with the burrowing anemone [Cerianthus lloydii] and the ophiuroid [Amphiura] spp. The relatively stable conditions often lead to the establishment of communities of burrowing megafaunal species, such as [Nephrops norvegicus].
Notation	A5.36
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	A5.361 (Seapens and burrowing megafauna in circalittoral fine mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.362 (Burrowing megafauna and [Maxmuelleria lankesteri] in circalittoral mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.363 ([Brissopsis lyrifera] and [Amphiura chiajei] in circalittoral mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.364 (Silty sediments > 140 m with polychaetes [Lumbrineris fragilis], [Levinsenia gracilis] and amphipods [Eriopisa elongata]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.365 ([Spiochaetopterus] beneath high salinity Atlantic water) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.366 ([Macoma calcarea] in deep-water soft clayey mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.367 (Pontic very soft, organic-rich muds of the Danube front) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.368 (Pontic thalassinid-dominated circalittoral muds) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.369 (Pontic circalittoral muds with [Acanthocardia paucicostata], [Papillicardium papillosum] and hydroids) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.36A (Pontic circalittoral muds with [Mya arenaria] and Spisula subtruncata) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.36B (Pontic circalittoral muds with [Mellina palmata] and [Aricidea claudiae]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/5434