Endofauna

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    animals from outside of an organism's immediate environment. uncountable

    "We set out to study these ecosystems at methane seeps with the hypothesis that diverse epi- and endofauna may rely on AOM for substrate settlement, refuge and nutrition."

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"We set out to study these ecosystems at methane seeps with the hypothesis that diverse epi- and endofauna may rely on AOM for substrate settlement, refuge and nutrition."

Etymology

From endo- + fauna.

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