bathypelagic

American  

[bath-uh-puh-laj-ik] / ˌbæθ ə pəˈlædʒ ɪk /

adjective

Oceanography.

1. pertaining to or living in the bathyal region of an ocean.

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bathypelagic British  

/ ˌbæθɪpəˈlædʒɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres

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Etymology

Origin of bathypelagic

First recorded in 1905–10; bathy- + pelagic

Example Sentences

This ancestor lived on the continental slope before transitioning to the open waters of the bathypelagic zone in a transition that set the stage for rapid evolutionary change.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

"The bathypelagic zone, the deepest part of the ocean, exhibits the lowest proportion of global associations, with regional associations increasing with depth," adds in this regard Dra Ina M. Deutschmann, expert in biomathematics.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2024

The wreck sits in the dark bathypelagic, or midnight, zone, at a spot 12,400 feet below the ocean’s surface.

From Scientific American • Jun. 21, 2023

Seeking God knows what in the darkness of those bathypelagic deeps.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

The mesopelagic zone extends from 200 m to 1,000 m; the bathypelagic zone from 1,000 m to 4,000 m; and abyssalpelagic zone is deeper than 4,000 m.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015