Benthos facts for kids
Benthos: the flora and fauna found at the bottom of the sea or lake. Covers quite a wide range of uses, for instance, animals in rock pools are benthic, though only a few inches below the surface. In the ocean, used to contrast organisms in the sea depths (though not actually on the bottom), with plankton, living in the upper pelagic zone. The problem is addressed by extending the pelagic zone down below the light to the bathypelagic and abyssopelagic zones. These terms, however, are mostly not used.
Images for kids
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Benthic diatom -
Example zoobenthos A variety of marine worms Plate from Das Meer by M. J. Schleiden (1804–1881) -
Tardigrade (water bear)
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Elphidium a widespread abundant genus of benthic forams
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Heterohelix, an extinct genus of benthic forams
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Darkfield photo of a gastrotrich, 0.06-3.0 mm long, a worm-like animal living between sediment particles
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Armoured Pliciloricus enigmaticus, about 0.2 mm long, live in spaces between marine gravel
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See also
In Spanish: Bentos para niños
