mesopsammon means community of small species that live in mesopsammic spaces where water is filtered between grains of sand and fine gravel. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
noun
- Community of small species that live in mesopsammic spaces where water is filtered between grains of sand and fine gravel.“The body, however, is always extremely slender with a diameter of not more than 500 μ, thus enabling the animals to move through the interstitial system without actively replacing the sand grains; all the listed species, therefore, are considered to be mesopsammon forms sensu Broaden (1962)”