Talk:Symbion
This level-5 vital article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Duplicated info[edit]
Well, after all there needs to be more info the animal itself (info from ru) --Member 03:36, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
these guys will become the pedophile's mascot soon...[edit]
Seriously, the coolest thing about this phylum is the reproductive cycle... mind boggling to say the least. And kinda gross. Anyway I added something about the reproductive cycle, but from memory. Correct me if I'm wrong, and add the details. -- Миборовский U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai! 06:12, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- It's really much better if you supply the reference. If your edit is challenged, and no source is supplied, the edit can be removed. -- Donald Albury (Dalbury)(Talk) 12:34, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- In the life cycle of cycliophorans asexual and sexual reproduction alternate (Funch & Kristensen 1997). Young sessile feeding individuals multiply asexually, but produce sexual stages when they are older (Obst & Funch 2003). These stages mate and give rise to the so-called chordoid larva, regarded to be the main dispersal stage (Funch 1996). (excerpt from Obst et al., 2005) --Stemonitis 13:25, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
# of Species[edit]
How many species are in this genus? --Savant13 14:15, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- The known species are listed in the taxobox. -- Donald Albury 12:27, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Crustacean category[edit]
Should this article be placed in the crustacean category, because of the significance to lobsters ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Crustaceanguy (talk • contribs) 22:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC).
Crustacean category[edit]
Should this article be placed in the crustacean category, because of the significance to lobsters ?--Crustaceanguy 22:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
- I suppose it could be put in Category:True lobsters, but it's not actually very significant to lobsters. As far as I know, lobsters are hardly affected by the presence of Symbion. --Stemonitis 16:59, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I see.--Crabby 18:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
IMAGES!!![edit]
I found a diagram showing an asexual symbion (personally I don't see why they are regarded as physically unique, they look like your standard polyp) with a male symbion attached to it, but I haven't found detailes images of the male nor any image of the female... N' I can't tell whether the pic I found was public property or illegally binding... But pictures of this creature are a must...Undead Herle King (talk) 09:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
- (moved new comment to bottom of page)
- Rule of thumb in WP is, if you're not sure of the copyright/licensing status of an image, don't upload it. I've added the Photoreq template to the top of the page to formalize your request. -- Donald Albury 11:42, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Effects of shell disease section removal[edit]
The following statements are not explicitly mentioned or addressed in any of the supporting sources:
- "Reproduction and abundance of Symbion americanus may be adversely affected by the presence of epizootic shell disease (ESD) found on the host crustacean."
- "As ESD increases, the amount of habitable American lobsters decreases for Symbion americanus, reducing the abundance on individual lobsters and the community."
The statements (and the section as a whole) violate WP:SYNTH; sources cannot be used to support an original claim/conclusion. I removed the section as a result.
Here is an old revision link to said section before its removal. — Neutral0814 (talk) 13:48, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
- Start-Class vital articles
- Wikipedia level-5 vital articles
- Wikipedia vital articles in Biology and health sciences
- Start-Class level-5 vital articles
- Wikipedia level-5 vital articles in Biology and health sciences
- Start-Class vital articles in Biology and health sciences
- Start-Class animal articles
- Low-importance animal articles
- Wikipedia requested images of animals
- WikiProject Animals articles
- Start-Class Marine life articles
- Low-importance Marine life articles
- Wikipedia requested images of marine life
- WikiProject Marine life articles