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Symbion pandora Funch & Kristensen, 1995 |
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Family: | Symbiidae () | |||
Max. size: | 0.035 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | host; marine; depth range 20 - 40 m | |||
Distribution: | Northeast Atlantic. | |||
Diagnosis: | Acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical and with differentiated cuticle marine metazoan. Compound cilia for filter feeding working as a downstream-collecting system. | |||
Biology: | Inhabits the mouth appendages of Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) with carapace lengths of greater than 3.5 mm. Commensal with lobster. Feeding stages alternating with brief, non-feeding, free-swimming stages. Sessile, solitary feeding stages with multiciliated cells in the gut, anus just behind a ciliated mouth ring, and internal budding with extensive regeneration of feeding apparatus (Ref. 376). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless | |||
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