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Epifauna

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sessile	(zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
benthosnoun	The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
benthophilnoun	(biology) Any organism that lives on the seafloor
benthologynoun	Study of organisms living on the sea floor.
epibenthosnoun	(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
benthicnoun	Any organism that lives on the seafloor.
limnofaunanoun	(biology) The animals that live in fresh water
infaunanoun	Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments
ichthyofaunanoun	The fish of a particular region
megabenthosnoun	deep-sea megafauna
fishlifenoun	The fish (e.g. of an area) collectively.
bottomfishnoun	Any fish that lives on or near the seabed
benthoscapenoun	A landscape of the seafloor.
benthophagenoun	(biology) Any animal that feeds in the deep sea
meiofaunanoun	(ecology) A group of marine or freshwater, typically benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrofauna and microfauna, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.
suprabenthosnoun	(biology) The organisms that live on the sea floor but migrate above it seasonally or daily
endobenthosnoun	(ecology) benthic organisms that live buried or burrowing in the sediment, often in the oxygenated top layer
sealifenoun	organisms (especially fish) that live in the sea.
seafloornoun	Synonym of seabed.
seabednoun	The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean.

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