Sentence example with the word 'commensal'

commensal

Definition adj. living in a state of commensalism

Last update: September 17, 2015


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Drilophagus and Albertia are parasitic on the surface or within the gut of Naid Oligochaete worms: Seisonaceae are ectoparasitic on the Crustacean Nebalia, Proales werneckii forms galls within the Conferva Vaucheria, and P. parasita infests the central jelly of the Phytoflagellate Volvox; P. petromyzon is a frequent commensal in the gill cavity of some Cladoceran Crustacean Eurycereus lamellatus.   [Please select]

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STEPHENSON, "On some aquatic Oligochæte worms commensal in _Spongilla carteri_," _ibid.   [Please select]

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It is doubtful whether any animals live in a truly commensal relationship with _spectabilis_, but of not unfriendly associates there are a great number.   [Please select]

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Possibly this flagellate was a parasite rather than a commensal, as the individual on which it swarmed was unusually emaciated and colourless, and bore neither gonads nor buds.   [Please select]

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