Concept: Mediterranean communities of muddy detritic bottoms in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.38
Preferred label	Mediterranean communities of muddy detritic bottoms
Definition	This biocenosis develops in areas where a detritus bottom is covered with mud formed by terrigenous deposits from rivers. The sediment is a very muddy sand or sandy mud, or even a rather compacted mud, rich in shell debris or valocanic fragments (scoriae); sedimentation is slow enough to allow the development of sessile epifauna. Gravel, sand and mud are mixed in varying quantities, but mud always predominates.
Notation	A5.38
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	There is a certain degree of duplication among some habitat classes in the EUNIS system coming either from BioMar or the Barcelona or HELCOM classifications. Therefore this means that all level 4 definitions (presently based on BioMar and Barcelona) should be checked, and given a new name if necessary. The biogeographic details are to be addressed in level 5 habitats.
Has broader	A5.3 (Sublittoral mud) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.381 (Facies with [Ophiothrix quinquemaculata]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/2254