Wiktionary
epibenthic
a. (context biology English) That lives on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea
Usage examples of "epibenthic".
The first hint of how abundant life is in the deep seas didn’t come until as recently as the 1960s with the invention of the epibenthic sled, a dredging device that captures organisms not just on and near the seafloor but also buried in the sediments beneath.