Pelophilous

Quick meaning: Pelophilous is an adjective meaning (biology) Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.

Meaning

(biology) Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling.

Example Sentences

Pelophilous species burrow in sandy loam and clay soils, and display ecomorphological adaptations to assist with loosening these compacted substrata.

Over the entrie 5-year period of the present study (1998-2002), the pelophilous macrofauna showed a moderate biomass, similar to that in 1975/76 and 1987-1992.

The hallophitic communities are divided into those that are psammaphilous, pelophilous, and helophilous, according as the substratum consists respectively of sand, of mud, or of swamp.

Thus, two major ecological groupings are evident: the pelophilous group preferring soft sediments with slow current (strongly dominated by L. hoffmeisteri), and the psammophilous group inhabiting harder sediments with faster current (P. barbatus and others).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include limicolous, luticolous, bathophilous, geophilic, petrophilic, benthophilic.

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