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Symbion is a genus of commensal aquatic animals, less than 0.5 mm wide, found living attached to the mouthparts of cold-water lobsters. They have sac-like bodies, and three distinctly different forms in different parts of their two-stage life-cycle. They appear so different from other animals that they were assigned their own phylum, Cycliophora, also called wheel wearers, shortly after being discovered in 1995. Cycliophora was the first new phylum of multicelled organism to be discovered since the Loricifera in 1983.

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american symbion

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCycliophora
  3. ClassEucycliophora
  4. OrderSymbiida
  5. FamilySymbiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations3
Observations recorded1,052

Symbion is een geslacht in de taxonomische indeling van de kransdiertjes, microscopisch kleine ongewervelde, veelcellige organismen met een kruikvormig lichaam. Er zijn slechts 2 soorten in de stam bekend. Het diertje behoort tot de familie Symbiidae. Symbion werd in 1995 beschreven door Reinhardt Kristensen & Peter Funch.[1] Taxonomie Klasse Eucycliophora Orde Symbiida Familie Symbiidae Geslacht Symbion Symbion pandora Symbion americanus Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ World Register of Marine Species, Symbion. Marinespecies.org. Geraadpleegd op 25 september 2011. Geplaatst op:25-09-2011 Dit artikel is een beginnetje over biologie. U wordt uitgenodigd om op bewerken te klikken om uw kennis aan dit artikel toe te voegen.

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Symbion is a genus of commensal aquatic animals, less than 0.5 mm wide, found living attached to the mouthparts of cold-water lobsters. They have sac-like bodies, and three distinctly different forms in different parts of their two-stage life-cycle. They appear so different from other animals that they were assigned their own phylum, Cycliophora, also called wheel wearers, shortly after being discovered in 1995. Cycliophora was the first new phylum of multicelled organism to be discovered since the Loricifera in 1983.

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