Nitzschia frustulum / Heterostegina antillarum

Nitzschia frustulum / Heterostegina antillarum

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Nitzschia frustulum

Super Group: 
Stramenopiles
Phylum: 
Ochrophyta
Class: 
Bacillariophyceae
Order: 
Bacillariales
Family: 
Bacillariaceae
Genus: 
Nitzschia
Species: 
frustulum
Authority: 
(Kützing) Grunow in Cleve & Grunow 1880
Synonym(s): 
Synedra frustulum Kützing
Nitzschia frustulum var. genuina Mayer 1917
Nitzschia austriaca Hustedt 1959
Homoeocladia frustulum (Kützing) Kuntze 1898
Synedra minutissima Kützing

HOST

Heterostegina antillarum

Super Group: 
Chromista
Phylum: 
Foraminifera
Class: 
Globothalamea
Order: 
Rotaliida
Family: 
Nummulitidae
Genus: 
Heterostegina
Species: 
antillarum
Authority: 
d'Orbigny, 1839

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Nitzschia
Symbiont species name in reference: 
frustulum
Symbiont identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Heterostegina
Host species name in reference: 
antillarum
Host identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Mutualistic
Localisation on host: 
Endoderme
Endoplasm
Period (days): 
30/04/1993
13/12/1993

GEOLOCALISATION

Ocean origin: 
Atlantic Ocean
Region origin: 
Florida
Country origin: 
USA
Habitat origin: 
Sea
Name of site: 
Conch Reef