# Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, Annex III: VME Indicator species

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The following is a list of VME habitat types, with the taxa most likely to be found in those habitats which shall be considered as VME indicators.
VME Habitat type
Representative Taxa
1.
Cold-water coral reef
(a)
Lophelia pertusa reef
Lophelia pertusa
(b)
Solenosmilia variabilis reef
Solenosmilia variabilis
2.
Coral garden
(a)
Hard bottom garden
(i)
Hard bottom gorgonian and black coral gardens
Anthothelidae
Chrysogorgiidae
Isididae, Keratoisidinae
Plexauridae
Acanthogorgiidae
Coralliidae
Paragorgiidae
Primnoidae
Schizopathidae
(ii)
Colonial scleractinians on rocky outcrops
Lophelia pertusa
Solenosmilia variabilis
(iii)
Non-reefal scleractinian aggregations
Enallopsammia rostrata
Madrepora oculata
(b)
Soft-bottom coral gardens
(i)
Soft-bottom gorgonian and black coral gardens
Chrysogorgiidae
(ii)
Cup-coral fields
Caryophylliidae
(iii)
Cauliflower coral fields
Flabellidae
Nephtheidae
3.
Deep-sea sponge aggregations
(a)
Other sponge aggregations
Geodiidae
Ancorinidae
Pachastrellidae
(b)
Hard-bottom sponge gardens
Axinellidae
Mycalidae
Polymastiidae
Tetillidae
(c)
Glass sponge communities
Rossellidae
Pheronematidae
4.
Sea pen fields
Anthoptilidae
Pennatulidae
Funiculinidae
Halipteridae
Kophobelemnidae
Protoptilidae
Umbellulidae
Vigulariidae
5.
Tube-dwelling anemone patches
Cerianthidae
6.
Mud- and sand-emergent fauna
Bourgetcrinidae
Antedontidae
Hyocrinidae
Xenophyophora
Syringamminidae
7.
Bryzoan patches

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2336/annex/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2336/annex-III
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