Faunal communities on variable or reduced salinity Atlantic infralittoral rock

Shallow subtidal rocky habitats which support faunal-dominated communities, with seaweed communities only poorly developed or absent. In some sealochs dense mussel Mytilus edulis beds (MB1-261) develop in tide-swept channels, whilst upper estuarine rocky habitats in the south-west coast rias may support particular brackish-water tolerant faunas (MB1-262((( MB1-263).

Código Eunis 2021: MB126