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Osmoconformer vs Stenohaline - What's the difference?

osmoconformer | stenohaline |

As a noun osmoconformer

is any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater.

As an adjective stenohaline is

tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms.

osmoconformer

English

(wikipedia osmoconformer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater

    • stenohaline

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms.

    • Related terms

    * euryhaline