Eastern Atlantic: two specimens between Ireland and Iceland (Ref. 4758) and one from the Gulf of Guinea; reported from Greenland (Ref. 9925) and Iceland (Ref. 12462)
Definition: The bathypelagic zone biome comprises the marine water column below approximately 1000 m water depth - the maximum depth to which detectable daylight penetrates in all but the clearest oligotrophic waters - and extends to about 2500 - 2700 m water depth. In the temperate Atlantic, the beginning of the bathypelagic zone biome approximates to the deep oxygen minimum and the base of the permanent thermocline.
