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infauna|ˈɪnfɔːnə| [ad. Da. ifauna (C. G. J. Petersen 1913, in Beretn. f. d. Danske biol. Station XXI. (in Fiskeri-Beretn. 1912) 15), f. in-2 + fauna.] A collective term for animals that live just beneath the surface of the sea bed.
1914,1964[see epifauna]. 1969G. Vevers tr. Friedrich's Marine Biol. v. 254 The infauna, that is the animals living in the substrate, is either liberosessile, semisessile, or more or less motile. |