meiobenthos

English

Etymology

From meio- +‎ benthos.

Noun

meiobenthos (uncountable)

  1. (ecology) A group of marine or freshwater benthic organisms that are intermediate in terms of size between macrobenthos and microbenthos, and which can pass through a 1 mm sieve, but are retained by a 45 μm sieve.
    Synonym: meiofauna
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.