bryobiont

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Etymology

Ancient Greek, from bryo- +‎ -biont.

Noun

bryobiont (plural bryobionts)

Any organism that lives in moss.
- 1981, Symposium on Qinghai Xizang (Tibet) Plateau, Geological and Ecological Studies of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau: Environmental and ecology of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Science Press, page 1121:
  In association with mosses, Protozoa may be divided into three types, namely bryobiont, bryophile and omnicolous.
- 1982, A. Smith, editor, Bryophyte Ecology, Springer Netherlands, page 302:
  The hydrophilid Cretinis punctatostriata is a true bryobiont, spending its entire life in Sphagnum (Matthey, 1977).
- 1984, Hattori Shokubutsu Kenkyūjo, Hattori Shokubutsu Kenyūsho hōkoku, number 55, Hattori Botanical Laboratory, page 159:
  Mosses regularly serve as camouflage for some tropical weevils by growing on their backs (Gressit et al. 1968), and mimicry of mosses has been reported among bryobiont insects (Gerson 1982).
- 2002, Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, volumes 44-45, Botanical Survey of India, page 31:
  As such, their role in habitat modification, nutrient cycling, primary production and providing shelter and security to associated invertebrate animals - the bryobionts, bryophiles, bryoxenes as well as occasionals, assume a particular significance.

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