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endofauna en · NOUN

Etymology

From endo- + fauna.

Meanings

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

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