Arenaria, a Latin word meaning

sand Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is usually defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural ...

-loving (or

psammophilic A psammophile ( ) is a plant or animal that prefers or thrives in sandy areas. Plant psammophiles are also known as psammophytes. They thrive in places such as the Arabian Peninsula and the Sahara and also the dunes of coastal regions. Because of ...

), may refer to:

Genera

* ''Arenaria'' (bird), the turnstones, a bird genus of the family Scolopacidae * ''Arenaria'' (plant), the sandworts, a plant genus of the family Caryophyllaceae

Species

* ''

Phengaris alcon arenaria The Dutch alcon blue (''Phengaris alcon arenaria'') was a subspecies of the alcon blue butterfly ('' Phengaris alcon''). There is not much known about this subspecies, but it has always been very rare. It was endemic to the Netherlands, where two ...

'', the Dutch alcon blue, an extinct subspecies of the alcon blue butterfly that was endemic to the Netherlands * ''

Meloidogyne arenaria thamesi ''Meloidogyne thamesi'', the Thames' root-knot nematode, is a plant pathogenic nematode (roundworm) infecting tea. See also * List of tea diseases References Tylenchida Agricultural pest nematodes Tea diseases Nematodes described ...

'', a synonym for ''Meloidogyne thamesi'', the Thames' root-knot nematode, a plant-pathogenic nematode species