Plural form of epifauna; multiple groups or collections of surface-dwelling animals.
Latin plural of epifauna, using the standard -ae ending for feminine nouns in classical Latin, preserving the biological nomenclature convention.
Biologists use this Latin plural because taxonomy was formalized when Latin was the language of science, and the tradition stuck even though we now speak English.
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