infauna
English
Noun
infauna (plural infaunas or infauna or infaunae)
- Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments
- Burrowing bivalves are infauna that filter-feed from within seafloor sediments.
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