Definition of Cycliophora in English:
Cycliophora
plural nounsɪklɪˈɒphərəˌsī-
Zoology A new phylum that has been proposed for a minute marine invertebrate (Symbion pandora ) that was discovered in 1995 attached to the mouthparts of lobsters. It is related to the phyla Bryozoa and Entoprocta.
Example sentencesExamples
- Also unresolved are the phylogenetic positions of Cycloneuralia, Chaetognatha, Gnathostomulida, Cycliophora, and Micrognathozoa.
- The phylogenetic position of Cycliophora is not settled, and more ultrastructural and molecular data are needed.
- The marine Cycliophora is the most recently described phylum in the animal kingdom.
- In the original description we stated that the Cycliophora are related to Entoprocta / Ectoprocta.
- The remaining members of this novel metazoan clade were Rotifera, Acanthocephala (together Syndermata), and Cycliophora.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek kuklios 'circular' + pherein 'to bear'.