psammophilicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

psammophilic (comparative more psammophilic, superlative most psammophilic)

1. Thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.
   • 2007, Victor Fet & ‎Alexi Popov, Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria, ISBN 1402044178, page 558:

     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, ISBN 364281154X:

     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, ISBN 3110386224:

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

関連する語

• psammobiotic
• psammon
• psammophile
• psammoxenic