Pyrocystis lunula / Hastigerina pelagica

Pyrocystis lunula / Hastigerina pelagica

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

Hastigerina pelagica

Super Group: 
Chromista
Phylum: 
Foraminifera
Class: 
Globothalamea
Order: 
Rotaliida
Family: 
Hastigerinidae
Genus: 
Hastigerina
Species: 
pelagica
Authority: 
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
Synonym(s): 
Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876
Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839

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: 
Hastigerina
Host species name in reference: 
pelagica
Host identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Mutualistic
Localisation on host: 
Ectoderm

GEOLOCALISATION

Habitat origin: 
Sea