Symbion americanus

Symbion americanus
Symbion americanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cycliophora
Class: Eucycliophora
Order: Symbiida
Family: Symbiidae
Genus: Symbion
Species:
S. americanus
Binomial name
Symbion americanus
Obst, Funch & Kristensen, 2006

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]

  1. ^ a b "Symbion americanus Obst, Funch & Kristensen, 2006". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ Sato, Shoyo; Law, Allison; Giribet, Gonzalo (2022). "Evidence for spatial niche partitioning in the ectocommensal Symbion americanus (Cycliophora) on its lobster host, Homarus americanus (Arthropoda, Malacostraca)". Invertebrate Biology. 141 (2). doi:10.1111/ivb.12370. ISSN 1077-8306.