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Epifauna vs Infauna - What's the difference?

epifauna | infauna |

As nouns the difference between epifauna and infauna

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 infauna is an aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment.

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

    infauna

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment.
  • :Burrowing bivalves are infauna that filter-feed from within seafloor sediments.

    • Derived terms

    *infaunal