benthic

How To Use benthic In A Sentence

• Benthic invertebrate macrofauna of the eastern Bering/Chukchi continental shelf. Past variability in Arctic marine systems
• As part of the ANDEEP (Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity) Project, scientists “spotted 674 species of isopod (a diverse order of crustaceans), most of which had never previously been described; more than 200 polychaete species (marine worms), 81 of which were found to be new species; and 76 sponges, 17 of which had previously been unknown.” Airborne-Diving in the Southern Ocean
• The smaller meiofauna (mm-sized animals) is less well described and, as an example, a survey of the benthos in the North Sea in 1986 yielded about 40% of benthic copepod species new to science. Marine biodiversity
• Most mesopelagic species are either red or black and most deep-sea benthic species range from pale yellow to red.
• This species of shark feeds primarily on benthic (bottom-dwelling) invertebrates.
• Reichardt found algal fragments on both sides of the Peninsula and suggested that algal material provided an additional carbon source to deep water benthic infauna.
• Benthic armored fish are common by the Early Devonian.
• Gobies and blennies combined make up a dominant portion of the small fish inhabiting benthic tropical reefs around the world.
• Although often described as a benthic or epiphytic species, A. carterae also thrives in the plankton of coastal embayments and estuaries, possibly connected with a diurnal vertical migration.
• So, we conclude that Urbilateria was part of the benthic epifauna - a bottom crawler.