Symbion

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Symbion f

A taxonomic genus within the family Symbiidae – tiny aquatic animals found living attached to the bodies of cold-water lobsters, so different from other animals as to be placed in a new phylum (Cycliophora). [from 1995]

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Cycliophora - phylum; Eucycliophora - class; Symbiida - order; Symbiidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Symbion americanus, Symbion pandora - species

References

Symbion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Symbion on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Symbion on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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