Concept: Sublittoral biogenic reefs in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.6
Preferred label	Sublittoral biogenic reefs
Definition	This habitat type includes polychaete reefs, bivalve reefs (e.g. mussel beds) and cold water coral reefs. These communities develop in a range of habitats from exposed open coasts to estuaries, marine inlets and deeper offshore habitats and may be found in a variety of sediment types and salinity regimes.
Notation	A5.6
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Proposed change of unit and level (Southampton workshop) to allow new grouping
Has broader	A5 (Sublittoral sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.61 (Sublittoral polychaete worm reefs on sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.62 (Sublittoral mussel beds on sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.63 (Circalittoral coral reefs) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.64 (Pontic [Ostrea edulis] biogenic reefs on mobile seabottom) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/2515