Arenaria, a Latin word meaning sand-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 , photo = Sahara real color.jpg , ...

), 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

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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 Many of the diseases, pathogens and pests that affect the tea Tea is an aromatic bever ...

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