Symbion

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Metazoa
Phylum:	Cycliophora
Genus:	Symbion
Species:	*pandora*

Binomial name

Symbion pandora
, 1995

Symbion is a genus of peculiar animals, with a single species, S. pandora. It was discovered in 1995 by Kristensen on the mouthparts of the Norwegian lobster Nephrops norvegicus. Symbion does not appear to have any especially close relatives, and so was given its own phylum, called Cycliophora. It may be related to the Ectoprocta and Entoprocta.

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