| NOUN | animal | Symbion pandora | only known species of Cycliophora |
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| Meaning | Only known species of Cycliophora; lives symbiotically attached to a lobster's lip by an adhesive disk and feeding by means of a hairy mouth ring; its complex life cycle includes asexual and sexual phases. | |
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| Member of | Cycliophora, phylum Cycliophora | tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips |
| Broader | invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
| Catalan | Symbion pandora | |
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