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Why are some organisms called as eurythermals and some others as stenohaline?

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Eurythermal: Organisms which can tolerate a wide range of temperature fiuctuations. Example Zostera.
Stenothermal: Organisms which can tolerate only small range of temperature variations.
Example: Mango.
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