- Epigeal,
epigean,
epigeic and
epigeous are
biological terms describing an organism's
activity above the soil surface. In botany, a seed is
described as...
- consequently,
underground species are
usually less than
species living in
epigean habitats. The main
characteristic of
underground environment is the lack...
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environment may be a
troglophile (a
species living both in
subterranean and in
epigean habitats, e.g. bats and cave swallows) or a
trogloxene (a
species only...
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underground springs and
natural caves was
found to be
slower compared to
epigean environments,
possibly influenced by
factors such as
temperature and food...
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These worms thrive in
rotting vegetation, compost, and manure. They are
epigean,
rarely found in soil. In this trait, they
resemble Lumbricus rubellus...
- crustaceans, one of the
largest families of
freshwater isopods,
living in both
epigean and
hypogean habitats in
North America and Europe. The
family includes...
-
troglobitic (or stygobitic) cave-living organisms. The
opposite terms are
epigean and epigeic. The term
hypogeous is used for
fungi with
underground fruiting...
- or with very
limited pigmentation and
small eyes
while compared to its
epigean counterparts. Due to
subterranean mode of life the
complete physiological...
- new
species of
catfish from
western Thailand (Teleostei: Siluridae) with
epigean and
hypogean po****tions.
Ichthyological Research 45(4): 393-399. Rantin...
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extremely energy efficient. Food is
found from "twigs, leaves,
bacteria and
epigean animals (including zooplankton)." Food is also
found from
trogloxene carc****es...
