Stenothermic
| Thermoregulation in animals |
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| Ectotherm • Endotherm • Poikilotherm • Homeothermy • Heterothermy • Stenotherm • Eurytherm • Thermolabile • Thermostability • Gigantothermy • Kleptothermy • Bradymetabolism • Tachymetabolism • Thermogenesis |
Stenothermic (Greek, stenos = narrow; thermic = of temperature) refers to a type of stenotherm; a species or living organism only capable of living or surviving within a narrow temperature range.
The opposite is a eurytherm, an organism that can function at a wide range of different body temperatures.
Examples
Chionoecetes opilio is a stenothermic organism, and temperature affects its biology throughout its life history, from embryo to adult. Small changes in temperature (< 2 °C) can increase the duration of egg incubation for C. opilio by a full year.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Moriyasu and Lanteigne, 1998 M. Moriyasu and C. Lanteigne, Embryo development and reproductive cycle in the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Crustacea: Majidae).
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