Concept: Faunal communities on variable or reduced salinity infralittoral rock in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A3.36
Preferred label	Faunal communities on variable or reduced salinity infralittoral rock
Definition	Shallow subtidal rocky habitats which support faunal-dominated communities, with seaweed communities only poorly developed or absent. In some sealochs dense mussel [Mytilus edulis] beds (A3.361) develop in tide-swept channels, whilst upper estuarine rocky habitats in the south-west coast rias may support particular brackish-water tolerant faunas (A3.362; A3.363).
Notation	A3.36
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	A3.3 (Atlantic and Mediterranean low energy infralittoral rock) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A3.361 ([Mytilus edulis] beds on reduced salinity infralittoral rock) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A3.362 ([Cordylophora caspia] and [Electra crustulenta] on reduced salinity infralittoral rock) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A3.363 ([Hartlaubella gelatinosa] and [Conopeum reticulum] on low salinity infralittoral mixed substrata) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1684