Step 3 - Slice the squash. Just take a sharp knife and cut of both ends (about 1/4 of an inch, or half the width of an average woman's little finger) Slice 1/2-inch thick slices. Prepare quickly, (if you leave it sit out cut up for more than a half hour, it will start to discolor).
The benthic zone begins at the edge of the sea at the intertidal zone, extends out along the continental shelf, and continues down the continental slope to the abyssal plain, thousands of meters below sea level.
Since there is a huge variety of benthic habitats, mud, sand, rocks, shallow, deep, there is a huge variety of benthic organisms. What they mostly have in common is that they don't swim, at least not much. Nearly every category of animal is included in the benthos. There are the sponges.ince there is a huge variety of benthic habitats, mud, sand, rocks, shallow, deep, there is a huge variety of benthic organisms. What they mostly have in common is that they don't swim, at least not much. Nearly every category of animal is included in the benthos. There are the sponges.