Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
Definition: number of homologous sets of chromosomes in the nucleus or primary chromosome-containing compartment of the cell, each set essentially coding for all the biological traits of the organism.
Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Rhopalodia gibba var. ventricosa (Kützing) H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo 1900. View this species on GBIF