psammophilic

comparative more psammophilic · superlative most psammophilic

1. Thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.

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

   2016, Rolf G. Beutel, Richard A.B. Leschen, Coleoptera, Beetles. Morphology and Systematics, →ISBN

   2 more 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.

   2007, Victor Fet, Alexi Popov, Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria, →ISBN, page 558

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

   2012, H.U. Thiele, Carabid Beetles in Their Environments, →ISBN