Upper bathyal rock
Description (English)
Upper bathyal benthic habitats with substrates predominantly of bedrock, immobile boulders or artificial hard substrates.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code ME1 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.74 | Abyssal hills | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.811 | Active downslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.941 | Active vent fields | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.813 | Alongslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.725 | Base of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.14 | Boulders on the deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.81 | Canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.75 | Carbonate mounds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.732 | Communities of ridge axial trough (i.e. non-vent fauna) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.731 | Communities of ridge flanks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.723 | Deep summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank (i.e. below mesopelagic zone) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.12 | Deep-sea artificial hard substrata | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6 | Deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.92 | Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.23 | Deep-sea calcareous pavements | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.21 | Deep-sea lag deposits | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.13 | Deep-sea manganese nodules | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.91 | Deep-sea reducing habitats | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.1 | Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.82 | Deep-sea trenches | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.8 | Deep-sea trenches and canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.724 | Flanks of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.912 | Gas hydrates in deep-sea | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.812 | Inactive downslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.942 | Inactive vent fields | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.7251 | Moat around base of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.733 | Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.73 | Oceanic ridges | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.71 | Permanently submerged flanks of oceanic islands | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.7 | Raised features of the deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.72 | Seamounts, knolls and banks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.911 | Seeps in the deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.721 | Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within euphotic zone | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.722 | Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within the mesopelagic zone, i.e. interacting with diurnally migrating plankton | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.814 | Turbidites and fans | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.94 | Vents in the deep sea | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A6.9 | Vents, seeps, hypoxic and anoxic habitats of the deep sea | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.51 | Abyssal hills | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.71 | Active downslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.51 | Active vent fields | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.73 | Alongslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.25 | Base of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.14 | Boulders on the deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.7 | Canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.32 | Communities of ridge axial trough (i.e. non-vent fauna) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.31 | Communities of ridge flanks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.23 | Deep summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank (i.e. below mesopelagic zone) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.12 | Deep-sea artificial hard substrata | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5 | Deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.A | Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.23 | Deep-sea calcareous pavements | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.21 | Deep-sea lag deposits | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.13 | Deep-sea manganese nodules | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.9 | Deep-sea reducing habitats | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.1 | Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.8 | Deep-sea trenches | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.24 | Flanks of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.92 | Gas hydrates in deep-sea | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.72 | Inactive downslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.52 | Inactive vent fields | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.4 | Isolated | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.251 | Moat around base of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.33 | Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.3 | Oceanic ridges | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.1 | Permanently submerged flanks of oceanic islands | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.2 | Seamounts, knolls and banks | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.91 | Seeps in the deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.21 | Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within euphotic zone | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.22 | Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within the mesopelagic zone, i.e. interacting with diurnally migrating plankton | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A5.74 | Turbidites and fans | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A6.5 | Vents in the deep sea | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.51 | Abyssal hills | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.71 | Active downslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.51 | Active vent fields | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.73 | Alongslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.25 | Base of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.14 | Boulders on the deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.7 | Canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.7 | Canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.32 | Communities of ridge axial trough (i.e. non-vent fauna) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.31 | Communities of ridge flanks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.23 | Deep summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank (i.e. below mesopelagic zone) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.12 | Deep-sea artificial hard substrates | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5 | Deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.A | Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.A | Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.23 | Deep-sea calcareous pavements | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.21 | Deep-sea lag deposits | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.13 | Deep-sea manganese nodules | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.9 | Deep-sea reducing habitats | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.9 | Deep-sea reducing habitats | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.1 | Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrates | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.8 | Deep-sea trenches | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.8 | Deep-sea trenches | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.24 | Flanks of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.92 | Gas hydrates in deep-sea | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.72 | Inactive downslope channels | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.52 | Inactive vent fields | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.4 | Isolated | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.251 | Moat around base of seamount, knoll or bank | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.33 | Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.3 | Oceanic ridges | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.3 | Oceanic ridges | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.1 | Permanently submerged flanks of oceanic islands | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.1 | Permanently submerged flanks of oceanic islands | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.2 | Seamounts, knolls and banks | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.2 | Seamounts, knolls and banks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.91 | Seeps in the deep-sea bed | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.21 | Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within euphotic zone | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.22 | Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within the mesopelagic zone, i.e. interacting with diurnally migrating plankton | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A5.74 | Turbidites and fans | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.5 | Vents in the deep sea | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A6.5 | Vents in the deep sea | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.5 | Abyssal hills | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.8 | Anoxic deep seabed habitats below anoxic water | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.8 | Anoxic deep seabed habitats below anoxic water | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A5.1 | Bathyal zone hard substrates | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.11 | Boulders on the abyssal plain | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A5.23 | Calcareous pavements in the bathyal zone | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.6 | Hadal zone (deep ocean trenches) | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.6 | Hadal zone (deep ocean trenches) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A5.21 | Lag deposits in the bathyal zone | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.31 | Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.31 | Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.32 | Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.4 | Seamounts | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.4 | Seamounts | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A5.6 | Seeps in the bathyal zone | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.3 | Tectonic ridges | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A6.3 | Tectonic ridges | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.5 | Anoxic deep seabed habitats below anoxic water | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.5 | Anoxic deep seabed habitats below anoxic water | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.1 | Bathyal zone rock (continental slope floor) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5 | Deep seabed (over 200m depth) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.8 | Hadal zone (deep ocean trenches) | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.8 | Hadal zone (deep ocean trenches) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.71 | Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.71 | Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A5.72 | Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A7 | Deep seabed (over 200 m depth) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A7.4 | Hadal zone (deep ocean trenches) | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A7.4 | Hadal zone (deep ocean trenches) | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A7.11 | Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects | narrower | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A7.11 | Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A7.12 | Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.211 | Bathyal benthic communities | wider | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.21 | Deep sea floor | not defined | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.255 | Gas vent communities | overlap | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.213 | Hadal benthic communities | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.213 | Hadal benthic communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.215 | Hydrothermal benthic communities | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.215 | Hydrothermal benthic communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.214 | Oceanic ridge benthic communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 19.6 | Part of Seamounts and guyots | wider | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 19.6 | Seamounts and guyots | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.211 | Bathyal benthic communities | wider | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.21 | Deep sea floor | not defined | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.213 | Hadal benthic communities | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.213 | Hadal benthic communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.215 | Hydrothermal benthic communities | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.215 | Hydrothermal benthic communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.214 | Oceanic ridge benthic communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.213 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.215 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.213 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.214 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.215 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.211 | wider | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.21 | not defined | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.213 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.215 | narrower | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.213 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.214 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.215 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.211 | wider |