What does "neritic" mean?

Of or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.

What is a synonym for "neritic"?

Common synonyms include: shallow, sublittoral.

Neritic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters. not-comparable
"Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids."

Adjective

1
relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast wordnet
2
of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep wordnet

Synonyms

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shallow sublittoral

Example

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"Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids."

Etymology

From or Ancient Greek Νηρίτης (Nērítēs, “minor sea god”) or nerite + -ic.

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