English

Adjective

inquilinous ‎(not comparable)

1. (biology) That lives in the dwelling place of another species
   • 2015 December 1, “Macrofaunal Patterns in and around du Couedic and Bonney Submarine Canyons, South Australia”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143921:

     Sponges influence macrofaunal community composition by providing habitat for inquilines (e.g., among the inquilinous amphipods, a diversity of sebids, stenothoids, thaumatelsonids, colomastigids and leucothoids were found with the sponges).

Related terms

• inquiline
• inquilinism