| Symbiidae () |
| 0.035 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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host; marine; depth range 20 - 40 m |
| Northeast Atlantic. |
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Acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical and with differentiated cuticle marine metazoan. Compound cilia for filter feeding working as a downstream-collecting system. |
| 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). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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