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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Benthos is a term for bottom-dwelling (i.e. on, in, or very near) organisms because they live on the seabed (what is known as the "benthic zone"). There are different classifications though: the epifauna live on the sea bottom and infauna live in the sediments on the sea bottom.

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