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"Epifauna" Definition

noun

A fauna characterized by members whose typical life sites are on the outer surface of their environment, as opposed to within it, e.g. animals living on top of the sediment at the seafloor.
Source: Wiktionary
Benthic fauna living on the substrate (as a hard sea floor) or on other organisms .