anchihaline
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently coined from Ancient Greek ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) + ἅλινος (hálinos, “saline”).
Adjective
[edit]anchihaline (comparative more anchihaline, superlative most anchihaline)
- Pertaining to independent or semi-independent bodies of water near to the sea, especially in coastal hollows.
- 2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].