stygobiont

Definitions

Synonym of stygobitic.

not-comparable

Examples

“Until recent interest⟳ in and comprehensive collection of stygofauna (Eberhard et al., 1991; Eberhard & Spate, 1995), few stygobiont amphipods were known, although there was suggestion of greater numbers than had been described (Knott, 1983, 1985; Williams, 1986).”

“For example, stygobiont diving beetles (Dytiscidae) breath at the water surface while stygobiont crustaceans in the same system respire within the water; so the crustaceans, but not beetles, could potentially disperse through subterranean water lacking contact⟳ with the air. Conversely, stygobiont species, typically long-lived and lacking resting stages, are dependent on the permanent presence of groundwater.”

“The stygobiont anthurids are only present⟳ in the tropics.”

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