EEA geospatial data catalogue
EUNIS marine habitat classification review (tabular) - version 1, 2022
The review of the marine component of the EUNIS habitat classification was initiated in 2014. Marine benthic habitats, marine pelagic and marine ice associated habitats are separated into three distinct groups, each with a separate classification structure. The first major division in the benthic marine part of the EUNIS classification is based on major biological zones (related to depth) and substrate type. Level 3 of the classification reflects the main biogeographical regions of Europe’s seas based on their distinct combinations of salinity and temperature regimes (Arctic, Baltic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea). A first review was published in 2019 and an update to this version concerning mostly the Atlantic regional sea is available since March 2022. Crosswalks to Habitats Directive Annex I and to European Red List of Habitats are available while crosswalks to EUNIS marine habitats of version 2012 for the regional seas apart from the Atlantic need to be revisited.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-03-28
- Date (Creation)
- 2022-03-28
- Edition
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01.00
- Citation identifier
- eea_t_eunis-hab-m_p_2004-on-going_v01_r00
Identifier
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact European Environment Agency
Custodian
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2004-01-01
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- EEA topics
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Biodiversity
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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- GEMET
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natural area
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modelling
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terrestrial ecosystem
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forest biodiversity
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habitat
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woodland ecosystem
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forest
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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United Kingdom
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EEA38 (from 2020)
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
- Language
- English
Distribution Information
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
Result
- Title
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- Statement
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The EUNIS habitat revision is on-going. Revised groups version 2019 and 2021 are published in parallel to the EUNIS habitat classification 2012. A maximum of 20 characteristic species for each of the revised habitats is included in the Excel file. The full lists of characteristic species are available from the background reports.
Cross-walks between the EUNIS habitat classification version 2012 and other typologies (e.g. Habitats Directive Annex I habitat types or Corine land cover classes) are available from the Documents tab.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 8a5eccda-e6ea-4018-a373-5c76a8eeec78
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Non geographic dataset
- Name
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Tabular dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8a5eccda-e6ea-4018-a373-5c76a8eeec78
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-03-21T11:08:58.708Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T11:02:26.258872Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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