Symbion pandora
| Symbion pandora | |
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| Symbion pandora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cycliophora |
| Class: | Eucycliophora |
| Order: | Symbiida |
| Family: | Symbiidae |
| Genus: | Symbion |
| Species: | S. pandora |
| Binomial name | |
| Symbion pandora Funch & Kristensen, 1995 | |
Symbion pandora is a jug-shaped microscopic aquatic animal that dwells on the mouth-parts of Norway lobsters. The animals are less than ½ mm wide, with sac-like bodies, and three distinctly different forms in different parts of their three-stage life cycle.