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The heterogeneity of meiofauna biotopes outlined above explains why there are only few morphological adaptations of general validity for the diverse meiofauna. It is in the interstitial system of medium and coarse sands that the mesopsammic fauna displays the most clearly adaptive features related to this peculiar environment. The formative constraints to which interstitial meiofauna are exposed, the premises for entering the world of a narrow void system, will be detailed in the following sections.
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Giere, O. (1993). Biological Characteristics of Meiofauna. In: Meiobenthology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02912-1_4
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