aphoticadj.
/əˈfəʊtɪk/ Not reached by sunlight (cf. photic adj.).
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aphotic1903
1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. v. i. 782 The aphotic or dark region, in which only non-assimilating organisms can exist.
1913 J. Murray Ocean vii. 137 The Aphotic or Deep-Sea Zone extends from the lower limit of the photic zone down to the bottom of the greatest ‘deeps’.
1928 E. Neaverson Stratigr. Palaeontol. iv. 97 Two general light-regions recognised by oceanographers are based on the distribution of plants: the photic region..and the aphotic region, where the light is insufficient for this process [sc. photosynthesis] to be carried on.
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