Association with Cystoseira zosteroides

This association is characterised by the high abundance of the brown alga Cystoseira zosteroides. The association can include in its higher levels both sciaphilous and photophilous species such as Phyllariopsis brevipes, Arthrocladia villosa, Sporochnus pedunculatus, Cutleria chilosa, Dictyota dichotoma, Dictyopteris polypodioides, Halopteris filicina and Polysiphonia foeniculacea. Sciaphilous adnate forms such as Lithophyllum incrustans, Mesophyllum alternans and Peyssonnelia rosa-marina represent a great part of the population. The association is mixed with the big erect invertebrate species of the coralligenous, like the Axinella polypoides sponge and the Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella cavolini gorgonians.

Código Eunis 2021: MC1511