An animal which normally lives in caves; includes accidentals, trogloxenes, troglophiles and troglobites and their aquatic equivalents: stygoxenes, stygophiles, and stygobites.Any animal (invertebrate) found living in a cave for the whole or part of its life cycle.
cavernicole, cavernicolous 1. Living in subterranean caves or passages. 2. Inhabiting caverns or caves.