Meaning of psammophilic | Babel Free

Definitions

Thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.

Examples

“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.”

“Krogerus had already recognized that the influence of sand on psammophilic species is partly direct and partly indirect.”

“Most psammophilic species have expanded tibiae that function as shovels when these beetles are burrowing.”

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