• Psammophilic

    Origin

    - + psammo + -

    Full definition of psammophilic

    Adjective

    psammophilic

    1. Thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.
      • 2007 , Victor Fet & ‎Alexi Popov , Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria , A total of 47 interstitial testate amoebas have been recorded in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Of these, 32 are psammobiotic, 11 are psammophilic, and 4 are psammoxenic.
      • 2012 , H.U. Thiele , Carabid Beetles in Their Environments, Krogerus had already recognized that the influence of sand on psammophilic species is partly direct and partly indirect.
      • 2016 , Rolf G. Beutel & ‎Richard A.B. Leschen , Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics, Most psammophilic species have expanded tibiae that function as shovels when these beetles are burrowing.
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