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Habitat zones broadly follow Compagno et al. (2005). Benthic habitat zones are defined as<br />

follows:<br />

Shelf: continental and insular shelves, 0 to 200m depth. Outer shelf defined as >90m.<br />

Slope: continental and insular slopes, 200 to ~2250m depth, divided into upper slope (200–<br />

750m), mid slope (750–1500m) and deep slope (1500–2250m).<br />

Abyssal plains: deep oceanic plains at ~2000–2250 to 6000m depth.<br />

Hadal: benthic zone of deepsea trenches at 6000 to 11000m depth.<br />

Where available, more specific habitat information may be provided, including occurrences<br />

on submarine ridges and rises, troughs, plateaus, seamounts, and deepsea reefs and shoals.<br />

Pelagic habitat zones are defined as follows:<br />

Epipelagic: 0 to 200m.<br />

Mesopelagic: 200 to 1000m.<br />

Bathypelagic: 1000 to 4000m.<br />

Hadopelagic: 6000 to 11000m.<br />

No chondrichthyans have ever been observed or recorded in the hadal or hadopelagic zones<br />

(Compagno et al. 2005, Priede et al. 2006). Priede et al. (2006) hypothesised that the highenergy<br />

demands of chondrichthyans exclude them from the deepest habitat zones.<br />

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