stygobitic

English

Etymology

From stygobite +‎ -ic.

Adjective

stygobitic (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Living exclusively in groundwater, such as aquifers or caves.
   • 2015 August 27, “The Evolution of Epigean and Stygobitic Species of Koonunga Sayce, 1907 (Syncarida: Anaspidacea) in Southern Australia, with the Description of Three New Species”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     We discuss the possibility that one stygobitic lineage secondarily regained some of its body pigmentation as adaptation to increased photic conditions after cave collapse and forming of cenotes during the last glacial maximum.

Related terms

• stygobiont
• stygofauna
• stygophilic