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Which is NOT a type of biocenose?

Biocenosis means the interacting living community within a habitat. Standard organism-based subdivisions include zoocenosis for animals, phytocenosis for plants, microbiocenosis for microorganisms, and sometimes mycocenosis for fungi. Terms such as hydrocenosis can describe a community in water, while pedocenosis can describe a soil community; these are habitat-based labels rather than universally standardized taxonomic subdivisions. Consequently, selecting hydrocenosis as the sole item that is “not a type” is not scientifically well supported, because aquatic communities are valid biocenoses

Ref: Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems, Begon et al., 5th Ed., Ch. 17