All benthos live on the ocean floor, from the continental shelf to the abyssal plain. Some attach themselves to the floor, while others burrow under the sand.
Continental shelf for A+.
Stonefish are benthos. They are bottom dwellers. Benthos are marine animals that live at the bottom of the ocean there for they are benthos.
Benthos
Nope. They are nekton, which actively swim and catch their food. Benthos are bottom-dwellers and mostly filter-feed.
Tiger sharks (like all sharks) are nekton. They actively swim around and catch their food, unlike benthos which live on the ocean floor and mostly filter-feed.
The plants and animals that live in or on the bottom of the sea or lake can be referred to as benthos.
An axolotl is classified as benthos. Benthos refers to organisms that live on or near the bottom of aquatic environments, and axolotls are amphibians that typically reside in freshwater habitats like lakes and canals. Unlike nekton, which are free-swimming organisms, and plankton, which are mostly microscopic and drift with currents, axolotls are bottom-dwelling creatures.
On the ocean floor
continental shelf
organisms that live on the ocean floor are called Benthos
nekton
Benthos
they all live in the ocean