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“meiofauna”
1. The smaller, invertebrate animals of sea bottoms.
2. In zoology, a classification of animals that are intermediate in size between those that can easily be seen with the naked eye (macrofauna) and those that are microscopic (microfauna).
2. In zoology, a classification of animals that are intermediate in size between those that can easily be seen with the naked eye (macrofauna) and those that are microscopic (microfauna).
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“meiofauna”
meiofauna
The benthic fauna consisting mostly of nematodes, larger protists; such as, forams, and small benthic copepods (harpacticoids) that are retained on the finest meshes (about 62 micrometers) and are generally smaller than the macrofauna.
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