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Abyssal sand

Sandy sediments of the abyssal zone

EUNIS habitat type	code MG5

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Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.4	Deep-sea muddy sand	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6	Deep-sea bed	overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A6.3	Deep-sea sand	narrower

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

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6.3	Deep-sea sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6.4	Deep-sea muddy sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A6	Deep-sea bed	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.3	Deep-sea sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5.4	Deep-sea muddy sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A5	Deep-sea bed	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5	Deep-sea bed	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5.3	Deep-sea sand substrates	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A5.4	Deep-sea muddy sand substrates	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A5.3	Bathyal zone sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A5.4	Bathyal zone muddy sand	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A5.2	Bathyal zone sand (continental slope floor)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A5	Deep seabed (over 200m depth)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A7	Deep seabed (over 200 m depth)	same
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	11.21	Deep sea floor	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.211	Bathyal benthic communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.21		not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.211		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.211		wider