Mediterranean upper bathyal rock
Description (English)
This habitat is mainly characterised by deep sea corals, also called cold-water corals that are among the main habitat formers of the deep Mediterranean Sea, constituting peculiar bioconstructions and coral forests. In this situation they are growing on mineral rocky bottom.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code ME15 |
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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
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A6.1 | Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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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 |