EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A6 - Deep-sea bed > A6.1 - Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata

Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata

English name: Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata

Deep-sea benthic habitats with substrates predominantly of bedrock, immobile boulders or artificial hard substrates.

EUNIS habitat type	code A6.1
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Reefs	1170	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

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Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.211	Bathyal benthic communities	wider
CORINE Land Cover	5.2.3.	Sea and ocean	n/a
Barcelona Convention 199812	V.3.	(BATHYAL) HARD BEDS AND ROCKS	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrates	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A5.1	Bathyal zone hard substrates	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A5.1	Bathyal zone rock (continental slope floor)	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.211	Bathyal benthic communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.211	Bathyal benthic communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.211		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.211		wider