stygobiotic

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A form of stygobitic — Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.

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Meanings

adjectivestygobiotic (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of stygobitic.

    The taxonomic composition of the stygobiotic fauna is unique compared to that of the epigean fauna.

    2009, Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson, Rivers of Europe, →ISBN
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    The new species of Alona is clearly a stygobiont, although accompanied by a fauna which is not exclusively stygobiotic.

    2012, A. Brancelj, L. De Meester, P. Spaak, Cladocera: the Biology of Model Organisms, →ISBN

    It might be expected that the habitat is less heterogeneous for smaller stygobiotic copepods than for larger stygobiotic ones.

    2014, David C. Culver, Tanja Pipan, Shallow Subterranean Habitats: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation, →ISBN

Origin

From stygo- + -biotic.

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APA

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