microgastropods

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A form of microgastropod — Any very small gastropod, typically less than 5 mm in size

Scrabble 23

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of microgastropod
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    Post-settlement movement in microgastropods is generally limited to crawling or by passive advection through the water column [36 ] and there is evidence that small differences in patch-size can greatly influence the structure of benthic macroinvertebrates (e.g. gastropods, amphipods, etc.; Matias et al. 2010).

    2015 November 11, “Macroalgal Composition Determines the Structure of Benthic Assemblages Colonizing Fragmented Habitats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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