benthic
nounEtymology From benthos + -ic. By surface analysis, benth- + -ic.
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Any organism that lives on the seafloor.
benthic
adj/ˈbɛnθɪk/
Etymology From benthos + -ic. By surface analysis, benth- + -ic.
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Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
- Near-synonyms: bathyal, abyssal, hadal
- The benthic environment, except for intertidal areas, has been scarcely explored[…]1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, page 3:
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- As the classical approach to benthic community studies originated primarily with Danish biologists, a section is devoted to comparisons of Danish bottom communities with those obtained in Hadley Harbor.1974, R. H. Parker, The Study of Benthic Communities, New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, page 191:
- Benthic foraminifera have been used for stratigraphic purposes almost since they began to be studied systematically.1994, Hans M. Bolli, Jean-Pierre Beckmann, John B. Saunders, Benthic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the South Caribbean Region, Cambridge University Press, page 1:
- Derived terms
- abyssalbenthic, abyssobenthic, archibenthic, benthically, cryptobenthic, endobenthic, epibenthic, holobenthic, hyperbenthic, macrobenthic, megabenthic, meiobenthic, merobenthic, mesobenthic, microbenthic, nonbenthic, pelagobenthic, phytobenthic, subbenthic, suprabenthic, zoobenthic
- Related terms
- bathy-