Symbion
Symbion is the name of a genus of aquatic animals, less than ½ mm wide, found living attached to the bodies of cold-water lobsters. They have sac-like bodies, and three distinctly different forms in different parts of their two-stage life-cycle. They appear so different from other animals that they were assigned their own, new phylum Cycliophora shortly after they were discovered in 1995. This was the first new phylum of multicelled organism to be discovered since the Loricifera in 1983.
Taxonomy
Symbion was discovered in 1995 by Reinhardt Kristensen and Peter Funch on the mouthparts of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), and other, related, species have since been discovered on:
The genus is so named because of its commensal relationship with the lobster (a form of symbiosis) – it feeds on the leftovers from the lobster's own meals.
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Symbion
ALBUMS
- Ambient Soundscapes released: 2008
Sympin'
by: Boyz II MenBaby let me tell you about how I feel
This urge is seizing me, controlling it's unreal
Ooh, ahh baby, I wanna let you know
You got me yearning, so baby let me show
Ooh, I want you baby, gotta let you know I need ya here with me
This ain't the right way, gotta find another way to earn your love
Just give me a clue cause you know...
Sympin' ain't easy, get on your hands and knees and lift your eyebrows
Sympin' ain't easy, and if you wanna get it, then you gotta be willing
To cry and beg and plead on your knees
Pardon my expression (You're excused)
But the feeling I have is so strong
I guess you know this isn't easy to do
I keep trying and trying to give my love to you
Ooh, I want you baby, gotta let you know I need ya here with me
This ain't the right way, gotta find another way to earn your love