#psammophilous

• Ammophilous — Living, developing, or preferring sandy soils and sand dunes; a term used to describe plants (psammophytes) or microorganisms and insects structurally and physiologically adapted to the arid conditions, high permeability, and mechanical instability of sand substrates.
• Ammophilous — Growing, developing, or vegetating on sandy soils, especially on coastal dunes or in arid regions. In an ecological sense, it describes psammophilous plants or organisms that exhibit specific structural adaptations to survive in environments with high water permeability and instability of the sandy substrate.
• Arenicolous — Living, growing, or burrowing in sand; specific to organisms or plants structurally adapted to sandy environments. In zoology, it describes species of invertebrates (such as the lugworm Arenicola marina), reptiles, or insects that dig burrows in the sandy substrate of beaches or coastal dunes, exhibiting special morphological adaptations for habitation and locomotion.