Atlantic lower bathyal rock
Description (English)
Rock and other hard substrate has a more diverse epifaunal community as species attach to the hard surface that in turn attract more fauna. Deep-sea rock is generally encrusted in a range of species including sponges and cold water water corals. Rock includes bedrock mixed substrate of pebbles, cobbles and boulders, and isolated drop stones. It can occur in a mosaic with sediment habitats. Hard artificial surfaces are considered 'other hard substrate' as is carbonate and hard clay. Rock does not have an infaunal community.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code MF12 |
|---|---|
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Reefs | 1170 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata | A6.1 | Narrower |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
