Concept: Sublittoral sand in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.2
Preferred label	Sublittoral sand
Definition	Clean medium to fine sands or non-cohesive slightly muddy sands on open coasts, offshore or in estuaries and marine inlets. Such habitats are often subject to a degree of wave action or tidal currents which restrict the silt and clay content to less than 15%. This habitat is characterised by a range of taxa including polychaetes, bivalve molluscs and amphipod crustacea.
Notation	A5.2
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	A5 (Sublittoral sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.21 (Sublittoral sand in low or reduced salinity) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.22 (Sublittoral sand in variable salinity (estuaries)) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.23 (Infralittoral fine sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.24 (Infralittoral muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.25 (Circalittoral fine sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.26 (Circalittoral muddy sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.27 (Deep circalittoral sand) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.28 (Mediterranean communities of superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/2501