symbion pandora

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 102317676)
    is a type of: invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
    belongs to: cycliophora, phylum cycliophora - 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

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