Symbion

Translingual

development of dwarf male of one of the two accepted species of Symbion

Etymology

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Proper noun

Symbion f

1. 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