Sublittoral

What do we mean by sublittoral?

Of or situated near the seashore. adjective

Of or relating to an organism living near or just below the low tide level of a shore. adjective

Lying between the low tide line and the edge of the continental shelf or ranging in depth to about 100 fathoms or 200 meters (660 feet). adjective

Of or relating to the deeper part of a lake below the area in which rooted plants grow. adjective

In zoology, of littoral habits to some extent; living near the seashore; especially, living at a somewhat lower horizon under water than that of the littoral zone.

Of or pertaining to the sea-bottom near the coast.

Under the shore. adjective

Under the shore. adjective

Of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there adjective

Under the shore.

Words that are spelled similarly to sublittoral:
sublittoral.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sublittoral:
shallow, upper, lower, inner, outer, rocky, intertidal, immediate, deep, deeper, mediterranean, scandinavian, uppermost.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sublittoral:
zone, fringe, region, zones, species, communities, habitats, sediments, shelf, algae, ecology, fauna, survey, environment, areas, community, belt, platform, area, vegetation, depths, gastropods, rock, regions, bottom, sand, ecosystems, platforms, forest, population, deposits, environments, organisms, animals, populations, muds, meiofauna, zonation, gammaridea, biotopes, bottoms, flora, habitat, beds, rocks, waters, sands, macrofauna, division, sandstones, forests, greensand, substrates, reef, macrobenthos, decay, boulders, mud, gravel, snails, microphytobenthos, invertebrates, seaweeds, crabs, benthos, reefs, lithification, macroalgae, plant, infauna, sampling, origin, sandbank, enclosures, amphipods, alga.

Words that sound like sublittoral:
sublittoral, split rail, submittal, subdural, subletting, sublevel, subtitle, subtotal, spluttering, alliteral, citral, sultrily, soup ladle.