Pyrocystis lunula / Globigerinoides ruber

Pyrocystis lunula / Globigerinoides ruber

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Pyrocystis lunula

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Pyrocystales
Family: 
Pyrocystaceae
Genus: 
Pyrocystis
Species: 
lunula
Authority: 
Schütt in Engler & Prantl 1896
Synonym(s): 
Gymnodinium lunula Schütt 1895
Diplodinium lunula (Schütt) Klebs 1912
Dissodinium lunula (Schütt) Klebs 1916

HOST

Globigerinoides ruber

Super Group: 
Rhizaria
Phylum: 
Foraminifera
Class: 
Globothalamea
Order: 
Rotaliida
Family: 
Globigerinidae
Genus: 
Globigerinoides
Species: 
ruber
Authority: 
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonym(s): 
Globigerina conglobata Brady, 1879
Globigerinoides subquadrata Brönnimann.
Globigerina rubra d'Orbigny

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Pyrocystis
Symbiont species name in reference: 
lunula
Symbiont identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Globigerinoides
Host species name in reference: 
ruber
Host identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Mutualistic
Localisation on host: 
Ectoderm

GEOLOCALISATION

Habitat origin: 
Sea