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Epifauna vs Meiofauna - What's the difference?

epifauna | meiofauna |

As nouns the difference between epifauna and meiofauna

is that epifauna is 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 while meiofauna is a type of interstitial fauna, such as psammon, found in rock fissures, between the grains of loose sediments, on algae, etc. It is a part of the microfauna.

epifauna

English

Noun

(en-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.

    • Derived terms

    * epifaunal

    meiofauna

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A type of interstitial fauna, such as psammon, found in rock fissures, between the grains of loose sediments, on algae, etc. It is a part of the microfauna.

    • Derived terms

    *meiofaunal