benthic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbɛnθɪk/
Etymology
From benthos + -ic. By surface analysis, benth- + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
Near-synonyms: bathyal, abyssal, hadal
Benthic foraminifera have been used for stratigraphic purposes almost since they began to be studied systematically.
1994, Hans M. Bolli, Jean-Pierre Beckmann, John B. Saunders, Benthic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the South Caribbean Region, Cambridge University Press, page 1:The benthic environment, except for intertidal areas, has been scarcely explored[…]
1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, page 3:As the classical approach to benthic community studies originated primarily with Danish biologists, a section is devoted to comparisons of Danish bottom communities with those obtained in Hadley Harbor.
1974, R. H. Parker, The Study of Benthic Communities, New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, page 191:
Coordinates
neritic · planktonic · pelagic · sublittoral
Deriveds
pelagobenthic · microbenthic · benthically · epibenthic · cryptobenthic · hyperbenthic · archibenthic · nonbenthic · abyssalbenthic · phytobenthic · megabenthic · meiobenthic · merobenthic · subbenthic · macrobenthic · zoobenthic · suprabenthic · endobenthic · mesobenthic · holobenthic · abyssobenthic
Hypernyms
aquatic · underwater · marine
Relateds
Synonyms
benthonic · demersal · bathyal · hadal · abyssal
Translations (18)
fi benttinen (of the benthos on the seafloor) · pl bentosowy (of the benthos on the seafloor) · ga beantach (of the benthos on the seafloor) · fr benthique (of the benthos on the seafloor) · pl bentoniczny (of the benthos on the seafloor) · nl benthonisch (of the benthos on the seafloor) · es bentónico (of the benthos on the seafloor) · ru придо́нный (of the benthos on the seafloor) · pt bêntico (of the benthos on the seafloor) · la benthicus (of the benthos on the seafloor) · ru до́нный (of the benthos on the seafloor) · de benthisch (of the benthos on the seafloor) · ru бе́нтосный (of the benthos on the seafloor) · de benthonisch (of the benthos on the seafloor) · gl bentónico (of the benthos on the seafloor) · it bentonico (of the benthos on the seafloor) · cs bentický (of the benthos on the seafloor) · pt bentônico (of the benthos on the seafloor)