Symbion americanus | |
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Symbion americanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cycliophora |
Class: | Eucycliophora |
Order: | Symbiida |
Family: | Symbiidae |
Genus: | Symbion |
Species: | S. americanus
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Binomial name | |
Symbion americanus Obst, Funch & Kristensen, 2006
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Symbion americanus is a species of primitive animals belonging to the family Symbiidae.[1]
It is native to Northern America.[1] It is a microscopic marine invertebrate that lives as an ectocommensal on the mouthparts of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, specifically attaching to the setae. [2]