neritic area

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• neritic zone — The region of shallow water over the continental shelf that is subdivided into supratidal (wave splash area), intertidal (littoral), and subtidal regions …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• oceanic area — noun : the ocean as contrasted with the neritic zone consisting of a photic zone which extends down as far as light penetrates with a twilight zone as its lower limit and an abyssal zone which extends thence to the bottom …   Useful english dictionary

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• Marine habitats — Coral reefs provide marine habitats for tube sponges, which in turn become marine habitats for fishes Littoral zone …   Wikipedia