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bathyal zone
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bathyal zone [′bath·ē·əl ‚zōn]
(oceanography)
The biogeographic realm of the ocean depths between 100 and 1000 fathoms (180 and 1800 meters).


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thermydron zoeae and megalopae larvae possess image-forming compound eyes with a visual pigment well suited to wave lengths characteristic of dim sunlight and bioluminescence in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic regions of the water column (see section on Larval Biology and Dispersal below).
rossi, the genus Psednos as currently known includes 26 described and five undescribed species of small meso- or bathypelagic liparids from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Below about 1,000 meters lies the bathypelagic zone, accounting for 88 percent of the total ocean area and covering the entire deep ocean floor.
 
 
 
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