Concept: Lava tubes in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/H1.4
Preferred label	Lava tubes
Definition	Caves formed in lava flows by open-ended tubes or passages resulting from the cooling of the surface whose molten interior continued to flow. Near the coast, they may contain salt water not connected to the sea and be colonized by specialized (anchihaline) communities.
Notation	H1.4
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	H1 (Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	H1.41 (Icelandic lava tubes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats H1.42 (Macaronesian lava tubes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats H1.43 (Tethyan lava tubes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/339