Mesopsammon
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Community of small species that live in mesopsammic spaces where water is filtered between grains of sand and fine gravel. uncountable
"The body, however, is always extremely slender with a diameter of not more than 500 μ, thus enabling the animals to move through the interstitial system without actively replacing the sand grains; all the listed species, therefore, are considered to be mesopsammon forms sensu Broaden (1962)"
Example
More examples"The body, however, is always extremely slender with a diameter of not more than 500 μ, thus enabling the animals to move through the interstitial system without actively replacing the sand grains; all the listed species, therefore, are considered to be mesopsammon forms sensu Broaden (1962)"
Etymology
From mesopsammic + -on. Compare psammon.
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