Symbion pandora

References

Funch, P. 1996. The chordoid larva of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) is a modified trochophore. Journal of Morphology 230:231-263.

Funch, P. and R. M. Kristensen. 1995. Cycliophora is a new phylum with affinities to Entoprocta and Ectoprocta. Nature 378:711-714.

Funch, P. and R. M. Kristensen. 1997. Cycliophora. Pages 409-474 in Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Vol. 13: Lophophorates, Entoprocta, and Cycliophora. F. W. Harrison and R. M. Woollacott (eds.) Wiley-Liss, New York.

Giribet, G., D. L. Distel, M. Polz, W. Sterrer and W. Wheeler. 2000. Triploblastic relationships with emphasis on the acoelomates and the position of Gnathostomulida, Cycliophora, Plathelminthes, and Chaetognatha: a combined approach of 18S rDNA sequences and morphology. Systematic Biology 49:539-562.

Kristensen, R.M. 2000. Cycliophora. Pages 251-255 in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, 5. Macmillan Reference, London.

Kristensen, R. M. and P. Funch. 2001. Phylum Cycliophora. Pages 199-208 in: Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. C. M. Young, M. A. Sewell, and M. E. Rice, eds. Academic Press, London.

Obst M. and P. Funch. 2003. Dwarf male of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora). Journal of Morphology 255(3):261-278.

Winnepenninckx, B., T. Backeljau, and R. M. Kristensen. 1998. Relations of the new phylum Cycliophora. Nature 393:636-638.

Information on the Internet

• A Lobster's Microscopic Friend: Symbion pandora - a new life form and a new phylum. Micscape Magazine article on Cycliophora.