phylum cycliophora

Noun
  1. Tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips;
    Identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta (synset 102317369)
    is a type of: phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
    member holonym: symbion pandora - only known species of Cycliophora; lives symbiotically attached to a lobster's lip by an adhesive disk and feeding by means of a hairy mouth ring; its complex life cycle includes asexual and sexual phases
    belongs to: animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
    same as: cycliophora

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