Upper Bathyal mud

Description (English)

Mud and cohesive sandy mud in the upper bathyal zone

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code ME6

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

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Species mentioned in habitat description

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History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A6 Deep-sea bed same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A6.9 Vents, seeps, hypoxic and anoxic habitats of the deep sea same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A6.5 Deep-sea mud same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A5.9 Deep-sea reducing habitats narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A5 Deep-sea bed same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A6.5 Vents in the deep sea narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A5.5 Deep-sea muds same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A6.4 Isolated narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A5.A Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A6.4 Isolated narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A5.A Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A5.9 Deep-sea reducing habitats narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A5 Deep-sea bed same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A6.5 Vents in the deep sea narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A5.5 Deep-sea muds same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A5.5 Bathyal zone mud same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A6.8 Anoxic deep seabed habitats below anoxic water narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A6.31 Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A5.71 Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A5.5 Anoxic deep seabed habitats below anoxic water narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A5 Deep seabed (over 200m depth) same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A5.3 Bathyal zone mud (continental slope floor) same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 A7 Deep seabed (over 200 m depth) same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 A7.11 Oceanic ridge with hydrothermal effects narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 11.215 Hydrothermal benthic communities narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 11.21 Deep sea floor not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 11.211 Bathyal benthic communities wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 11.211 Bathyal benthic communities wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 11.215 Hydrothermal benthic communities narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 11.21 Deep sea floor not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 11.215   narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 11.21   not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 11.211   wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 11.211   wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 11.215   narrower
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