epibiosis

English

Etymology

epi- +‎ -biosis

Noun

epibiosis (countable and uncountable, plural epibioses)

1. (biology) A relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it
   • 2015 November 12, “Benthic Trophic Interactions in an Antarctic Shallow Water Ecosystem Affected by Recent Glacier Retreat”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Within this size group, the epibiosis trophic strategy identified in the meiobenthic harpacticoid copepod (MT2) was present only at this site.

Related terms

• epibiotic
• epiphyte
• epizoite

Translations

Translations

• German: Epibi­o­se f
• Italian: epibiosi (it) f