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| Symbion pandora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cycliophora |
| Class: | Eucycliophora |
| Order: | Symbiida |
| Family: | Symbiidae |
| Genus: | Symbion |
| Species: | Symbion pandora |
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| Symbion pandora Funch & Kristensen, 1995 |
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Symbion pandora is a jug-shaped microscopic animal that dwells on the lips of Norwegian lobsters. The animal was discovered by Danish scientists, Peter Funch and Reinhardt Mobjerg Kristensen in 1995.
The tiny creature was so unlike any known animal that its discovery lead to the creation of a new phylum. The phylum Cycliophora, from the Greek for 'carrying a small wheel', was named after the creature's circular mouth.
Symbion refers to the animal's symbiotic relationship with its lobster host while pandora refers to the part of the organism's life cycle that reminded Funch and Reinhardt of the mythical Pandora' box.
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