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Benthos definition, the biogeographic region that includes the bottom of a lake, sea, or ocean, and the littoral and supralittoral zones of the shore. See more. Dictionary.com
To recap, benthic zones are found in all bodies of water, because this term refers to the bottom layer of water in a body of water. Benthos refers to the bottom layer of water and all the organisms that live in it. There are different layers where organisms live in the benthos; in the sediment (hyperbenthos), on top of the sediment (epibenthos), and in the sediment (endobenthos).