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endofauna

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English

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Etymology

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From endo- +‎ fauna.

Noun

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endofauna (uncountable)

  1. (biology) animals from outside of an organism's immediate environment.
    • 2015 July 10, “Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      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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