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English: sublittoral cohesive mud and sandy mud communities
Status A
Subject: Environment
Part of speech: Noun, Plural
Definition: Sediment habitats in the sublittoral near shore zone (i.e. covering the infralittoral and circalittoral zones), typically extending from the extreme lower shore down to the edge of the bathyal zone (200m). Sublittoral mud and cohesive sandy mud extending from the extreme lower shore to offshore, circalittoral habitats.
Notes: Term o system ddosbarthu EUNIS o gynefinoedd morol. SS.SMu. yw’r Cod Cynefin. Mae’r Cyd-bwyllgor Cadwraeth Natur yn defnyddio system arall o gategoreiddio cynefinoedd morol, yn seiliedig ar system ddosbarthu EUNIS. Yn y drefn honno “subtidal mud” yw’r term cyfatebol.
