benthic

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
2. noun Any organism that lives on the seafloor.

Similar words

benthal benthonic demersal seafloor infauna macrofauna scavenger bottom bottom-dwelling microbenthic

Often followed by

organisms communities invertebrates foraminifera fauna community algae and species animals