eurytopen.
/ˈjʊərɪtəʊp/ Ecology.
A eurytopic organism.
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colonist1839
benthos1891
land form1897
heterotroph1900
autotroph1901
epibenthos1902
specialist1902
microaerophile1903
nitrifier1903
consumer1904
nitrogen fixer1904
producer1904
indicator1906
psychrophile1906
thermophil1909
sulphuretum1925
influent1926
halobiont1928
halophile1928
mesophile1928
oligosaprobe1931
saprobe1932
eurytope1938
stenotope1938
photoautotroph1939
chemoautotroph1943
prototroph1946
mixotrophy1948
chemolithoautotroph1949
auxotroph1950
chemoheterotroph1951
chemoorganotroph1953
chemolithotroph1955
chemotroph1958
osmophile1961
psychrotroph1963
saprotroph1963
generalist1964
opportunist1967
cryophile1970
1896 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 617 Some animals are always associated with special conditions; others seem less sensitive and more independent; for these two sets the terms ‘stenotop’ and ‘eurytop’ are suggested.]
1938 J. R. Carpenter Ecol. Gloss. (at cited word) Of/ organisms spending one or more stages in several habitats.
1977 Zoologische Jahrbücher: Systematik, Ökologie u. Geographie der Tiere 104 433 Quantitative investigations showed significant preferences of vegetation-structures not only in stenotope but also in eurytope species.
1980 S. Afr. Jrnl. Sci. 76 79/2 One would expect lineages with relatively narrow species-specific adaptations (stenotopes) to be more prone to diversification than broadly adapted generalists (eurytopes).
1987 Paleobiology 13 95/1 Low extinction rates coupled with low speciation rates are characteristic of wide-ranging eurytopes.
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