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Definition of Epifauna
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epifauna
1. fauna living on a hard sea floor [n -FAUNAE or -FAUNAS]
Medical Definition of Epifauna
1. Animals living on the surface of the substrate. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epifauna
Literary usage of Epifauna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"The same method can be used to take a random sample of any sessile organism.
A device used for surveying epifauna is the diver- operated ..."
2. Secrets of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1919)
"... a stone from the bottom to see what is meant by an " epifauna," sometimes a
dozen different kinds of creatures living together in moving equilibrium. ..."
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