EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > ME1 - Upper bathyal rock > ME11 - Arctic upper bathyal rock > ME112 - Mixed cold water coral community on Arctic mid bathyal rock and other hard substrata > ME1121 - Corymorpha, Gersemia, Zoantharia and Heliometra glacialis on Arctic upper bathyal rock

Corymorpha, Gersemia, Zoantharia and Heliometra glacialis on Arctic upper bathyal rock

Description (English)

This biotope has been recorded on a cobble matrix at the base of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. The most conspicuos fauna are an unidentified orange zoanthid, Corymorpha and Gersemia, although there is a dense ophiuroid bed present also. It is found in the cold Arctic waters.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code ME1121

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

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Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) A6.11 Deep-sea bedrock narrower
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A6.11 Deep-sea bedrock same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A5.11 Deep-sea bedrock same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A5.11 Deep-sea bedrock same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A5.11 Communities of bathyal zone bedrock or artificial substrates same
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