macrofauna

views updated May 17 2018

macrofauna The larger soil animals; the term is sometimes used to include larger insects and earthworms in this category, but otherwise these form part of the mesofauna. Compare macrobiota; meiofauna; mesofauna; and microfauna.

macrofauna

views updated May 23 2018

macrofauna The larger animals; the term is sometimes used to include larger insects and earthworms in this category, but otherwise these form part of the mesofauna. Compare MEIOFAUNA; MESOFAUNA; MICROFAUNA.

macrofauna

views updated Jun 27 2018

macrofauna The larger animals, collectively, which can be observed without the aid of a microscope (compare microfauna). The macrofauna sometimes includes small soil-dwelling invertebrates, such as annelids and nematodes, but these may be separated into an intermediate category, the mesofauna. Compare meiofauna.

macrofauna

views updated May 29 2018

macrofauna See MACROBIOTA.