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Animals which live at the bottom of the sea are called

  1. benthos

  2. diatoms

  3. nektons

  4. None of the above
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Benthos is the community of organisms that live on, in or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone. This community lives in or near marine sedimentary environments, from tidal pools along the foreshore, out to the continental shelf, and then down to the abyssal depths.

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