EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > ME1 - Upper bathyal rock

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
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	A6.1	Overlap	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]
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Seeps in the deep-sea bed	A6.911	Overlap	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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.74	Abyssal hills	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.811	Active downslope channels	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.941	Active vent fields	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.813	Alongslope channels	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.725	Base of seamount, knoll or bank	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.14	Boulders on the deep-sea bed	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.81	Canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.75	Carbonate mounds	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.732	Communities of ridge axial trough (i.e. non-vent fauna)	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.731	Communities of ridge flanks	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.723	Deep summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank (i.e. below mesopelagic zone)	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.12	Deep-sea artificial hard substrata	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6	Deep-sea bed	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.92	Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.23	Deep-sea calcareous pavements	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.21	Deep-sea lag deposits	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.13	Deep-sea manganese nodules	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.91	Deep-sea reducing habitats	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.1	Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.82	Deep-sea trenches	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.8	Deep-sea trenches and canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.724	Flanks of seamount, knoll or bank	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.912	Gas hydrates in deep-sea	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.812	Inactive downslope channels	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.942	Inactive vent fields	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.7251	Moat around base of seamount, knoll or bank	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.733	Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.73	Oceanic ridges	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.71	Permanently submerged flanks of oceanic islands	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.7	Raised features of the deep-sea bed	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.72	Seamounts, knolls and banks	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.911	Seeps in the deep-sea bed	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.721	Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within euphotic zone	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.722	Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within the mesopelagic zone, i.e. interacting with diurnally migrating plankton	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.814	Turbidites and fans	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.94	Vents in the deep sea	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.9	Vents, seeps, hypoxic and anoxic habitats of the deep sea	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
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

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