- Epigeal, epigean,
epigeic and
epigeous are
biological terms describing an organism's
activity above the soil surface. In botany, a seed is
described as...
- A
Barber pitfall trap,
designed to
catch small epigeic animals,
particular arthropods...
- stygobitic) cave-living organisms. The
opposite terms are
epigean and
epigeic. The term
hypogeous is used for
fungi with
underground fruiting bodies...
- the 'brandling' or 'tiger' worm
Eisenia fetida. Like E. fetida, it is
epigeic, i.e. it
prefers to live in
compost or leaf
litter rather than mineral...
-
detritivorous (eaters of trash), such as the red
wiggler Eisenia fetida, are
epigeic (surface dwellers) and
together with
symbiotic ****ociated
microbes are...
- "Dry
sandpits and gravel–sandpits
serve as key
refuges for
endangered epigeic spiders (Araneae) and
harvestmen (Opiliones) of
Central European steppes...
-
specifically Italy (Sicily, Sardinia) and
North Africa (Tunisia). It's an
epigeic species,
though its
habitat preferences are
unknown apart from one record...
-
Neolentinus tigrinus,
Pleurotus spp.,
Trametes versicolor and a wide
range of
epigeic fungi,
mostly Russulaceae. Habitat.Germany
Fauna Europaea Jakovlev, J....
- live at the soil-litter
interface and eat
decomposing organic matter (
epigeic) e.g.
Eisenia fetida; (2) topsoil- or subsoil-dwelling
worms that feed...
- feed on
forest leaf litter.
Nests are
subterranean or are
shallow and
epigeic. Worker,
Soldier and
Imago have
antennae with 14
articles (antennomeres)...
