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Benthos
Benthos
is the community of organisms which live on, in, or near the
seabed
, also known as the
benthic zone
. This community lives in or near marine
sedimentary environments
, from
tidal pools
along the
foreshore
, out to the
continental shelf
, and then down to the
abyssal depths
.
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