Hypogeic

Hypogeic organisms live undergound (usually within the soil). For example, earthworms that burrow within the soil. Many insects have hypogeal larvae, the larvae live within the soil where they feed and often it's only the adult that emerges from the soil.

A photograph of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris.

Other names for (or types of) Hypogeic include:

• Hypogaeic
• Hypogeal

Related terms

• Epigeic
• Fossorial

Related groups of terms

• General biology

See other words beginning with H