Cycliophora is a phylum of microscopic marine animals first described in 1995, discovered living attached to the mouthparts of Norway lobsters. The phylum contains a single well known genus, Symbion, whose members pass through an unusually complex life cycle that alternates sexual and asexual stages depending on the molting cycle of their lobster host.
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Source Wikidata: Cycliophora
Additional Source Wikipedia: SymbionLead
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ502012, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Symbion
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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.
In Group: Minor Animal Phyla, Lead
Symbion is a genus of commensal aquatic animals, less than 0.5 mm wide, found living attached to the mouthparts of cold-water lobsters.
Parent Taxon Of: Symbion, Lead
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.
View the Source Wikidata: Cycliophora
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