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: movement of an organism from one location to another using an inchworm like motion. This motion consists of extending the front part of the body and pulling the rear along the surface to meet the front.
Definition: A wavelike sequence of muscular contraction and relaxation that passes along a tubelike structure, such as a vertebrate intestine, or the body of an earthworm
