As nouns the difference between seafloor and epifauna
is that seafloor is the bottom of a sea or ocean; often covered with sediment while 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.
seafloor
English
Noun
The bottom of a sea or ocean; often covered with sediment.
Derived terms
* seafloor spreading
See also
* benthos
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