epifauna

English

Etymology

epi- +‎ fauna

Noun

epifauna (plural epifaunae or epifaunas)

  1. A fauna characterized by members whose typical life sites are on the outer surface of their environment, as opposed to within it, e.g. animals living on top of the sediment at the seafloor.

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