ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III VME Indicator species 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