The heterogeneity of meiofaunal habitats is so large and meiobenthic taxa so diverse that there are only a few general trends in morphological adaptations, and these mostly apply to mesopsammic fauna. The most widespread and clearest adaptive features to a particular mesopsammic environment have evolved in the meiofauna of medium and coarse sands. The formative constraints on and the premises for entering the world of narrow voids in this interstitial environment will be detailed in the following sections.
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(2009). Biological Characteristics of Meiofauna. In: Meiobenthology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68661-3_4
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