ENVIRONMENT|natural environment|physical environment|ecosystem|aquatic ecosystem|marine ecosystem
- leaba ródailití Reference "Faofa ag an gCoiste Téarmaíochta, www.tearma.ie Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex"
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- rhodolith bed | rhodolithe | rhodolith
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- Definition "'bed' formed by the accumulation of various species of unattached red calcareous algae (Rhodophyta)" Reference "EIONET. European Red List of Habitats - Marine: Mediterranean Sea Habitat Group. 'A5.51 Rhodolith beds in the Mediterranean' (25.10.2022)"
- Comment "They are composed of living and dead thalli, and although they have a patchy distribution, they occur throughout the Mediterranean Sea, where they are particularly abundant.Subhabitats composed of non-nucleated, unattached growths of branching, twig-like coralline can be distinguished as 'maerl beds'."