Sabellaria spinulosa reefs
Classification
Description
GB distribution
Compiled by: Leigh Jones, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Monkstone House, City
Road, Peterborough PE1 IJY, UK.
Derived, in part, from: the UK marine biotope classification (Connor et al.
1997b) and a review undertaken for the UK Marine SACs Project (Holt et al. 1998).
Classification
| Classification |
Code |
Biotope(s) |
| Europe (EUNIS Nov. 1999) |
A3.6/B-MCR.Csab A4.4/B-CMX.SspiMx |
Sabellaria spinulosa communities on
circalittoral rock Sabellaria spinulosa and Polydora spp. on stable
circalittoral mixed sediment. |
| Wadden Sea |
03.02.09 |
Sublittoral Sabellaria reef |
| Britain/Ireland (MNCR BioMar 97.06) |
MCR.CSab CMX.SspiMx |
Circalittoral Sabellaria reefs Sabellaria
spinulosa and Polydora spp. on stable circalittoral mixed sediment |
| France (ZNIEFF-MER) |
III.3.3.1 III.5.1.1 |
Faciès à Sabellaria spinulosa Faciès
d’épifaune à Sabellaria spinulosa |
Description
CSab. Circalittoral rock or mixed substrata dominated by a crust of Sabellaria
spinulosa.
SspiMx. The tube-building polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa at high abundances on
mixed sediment, with Polydora spp. tubes attached. Infauna comprise typical
sublittoral polychaete species, together with the bivalves Abra alba and Nucula
nitidosa. Epifauna comprise calcareous tubeworms, pycnogonids, hermit crabs and
amphipods.
GB distribution
(from MNCR database March 1999)
Habitat requirements
Species composition and biodiversity
Ecological relationships
Sensitivity to human activities
Conservation and protection status
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