Biocoenosis
![A freshwater aquatic and terrestrial food web.](/Images/godic/202412/24/FoodWeb5212.jpg")
![The side of a tide pool showing sea stars (Dermasterias), sea anemones (Anthopleura) and sea sponges in Santa Cruz, California.](/Images/godic/202412/24/Tide_pools_in_santa_cruz5212.jpg")
A biocenosis (UK English, biocoenosis, also biocenose, biocoenose, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, life assemblage), coined by Karl Möbius in 1877, describes the interacting organisms living together in a habitat (biotope).