Benthic Regionalization This layer is a circumpolar, hierarchical classification of benthic ecoregions, bathomes and environmental types. Ecoregions are defined according to available data on biogeographic patterns and environmental drivers on dispersal. Bathomes are identified according to depth strata defined by species distributions. Environmental types are uniquely classified according to the geomorphic features found within the bathomes in each ecoregion. Douglass LL, Turner J, Grantham HS, Kaiser S, Constable A, Nicoll R, Raymond B, Post A, Brandt A, Beaver D (2014) A hierarchical classification of benthic biodiversity and assessment of protected areas in the Southern Ocean. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100551 https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/SOBC Downloaded 1 May 2017 Imported SHP and reprojected to EPSG:3031 Author's Notes: The benthic regionalisation is hierarchical, with ecoregions being the broadest spatial classification, bathomes next finest (nested within ecoregions), and environmental types the finest spatial classification. Editor Biology Huw Griffiths hjg@bas.ac.uk Author Ben Raymond Ben.Raymond@aad.gov.au