Cycliophora

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”). + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

Proper noun

Cycliophora

1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia – rare, highly distinctive microscopic animals that live only on the mouthparts of certain lobsters.

Hypernyms

• (superphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Eucycliophora - the only class; Symbiida - the only order; Symbiidae - sole family; Symbion - sole genus

References

• Cycliophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cycliophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cycliophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cycliophora at World Register of Marine Species
• Cycliophora at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI