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Concept: Deep massive [Ostrea edulis] reefs on bottoms of shelly gravel and boulders in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.641 |
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| Preferred label | Deep massive [Ostrea edulis] reefs on bottoms of shelly gravel and boulders |
| Definition | This habitat is composed of [Ostrea edulis] biogenic reefs of three dimensional structure on soft bottoms. The massive reefs can reach dimensions of up to 7m in height and are composed of dead [Ostrea edulis] shells and cemented tubes of serpulid are overgrown by blue mussels, sponges, the red algae [Delesseria ruscifolia], the brown algae [Xanardinia prototypus], crabs such as [Eriphia verrucosa] and also constitute essential habitat for the bivalve [Petricola lithophaga]. It is unknown whether live [Ostrea edulis] reefs can still be found in the Black Sea. |
| Notation | A5.641 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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