Amphisolenia globifera
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Dinophysiales
Family:
Amphisoleniaceae
Genus:
Amphisolenia
Species:
globifera
Etymology
Adjective (Latin), globe-carrying, with a spherical organ (Stearn 1973).
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Amphisolenia.
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: Photosynthetic
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary
Feeding behaviour
Photosynthetic
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex | Western basin | A | « Distribution and host diversity of Amoebophryidae parasites across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea », Biogeosciences, vol. 8, nᵒ 2, p. 267 - 278, 2011. | ,
Heterochaerus langerhansi | « On the symbiosis between Amphidinium klebsii [Dinophyceae] and Amphiscolops langerhansi [Turbellaria: Acoela]1 », Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 51, nᵒ 02, p. 301, 1971. | ,