Association with Cystoseira spinosa

This association is characterised by the brown alga Cystoseira spinosa. This is a perennial species whose thalli may be up to 20-50 cm. high. The compressa variety is localized in the lower infralittoral in limpid water with marked hydrodynamics. This variety, as well as the spinosa variety, cannot withstand an increase in sedimentation. However, the tenuior variety tolerates a certain instability of environment and is spread right through the infralittoral((( in the eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic it can replace Cystoseira sauvageauana and associate with Cystoseira brachycarpa and Cystoseira foeniculacea in the upper and middle infralittoral.

Código Eunis 2021: MB151K