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bathypelagic zone

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bathypelagic zone

Worldwide zone of deep ocean waters, about 3,000–13,000 ft (1,000–4,000 m) below the surface. It is inhabited by a wide variety of marine forms, including eels, fishes, mollusks, and others.


bathypelagic zone [¦bath·ə·pə′laj·ik ′zōn]
(oceanography)
The biogeographic realm of the ocean lying between depths of 500 and 2550 fathoms (900 and 3700 meters).


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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.
No, this place is much closer to home--in an area of the deep ocean called the bathypelagic zone (see Nuts & Bolts, p.
Many creatures in the bathypelagic zone lack (eyes, photophores, scales, gills, muscles, backbone).
 
 
 
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