Scrippsiella velellae / Velella velella

Scrippsiella velellae / Velella velella

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Scrippsiella velellae

Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Thoracosphaeraceae
Genus: 
Scrippsiella
Species: 
velellae
Authority: 
Banaszak, Iglesias-Prieto & Trench in Trench 2000

HOST

Velella velella

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Cnidaria
Class: 
Hydrozoa
Order: 
Anthoathecata
Family: 
Porpitidae
Genus: 
Velella velella
Species: 
velella
Authority: 
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonym(s): 
Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775
Armenista sigmoides Haeckel, 1888
Medusa pocillum Montagu, 1815
Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Scrippsiella
Symbiont species name in reference: 
velellae
Symbiont identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Velella
Host species name in reference: 
velella
Host identification method: 
Morphology

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Mutualistic
Localisation on host: 
Ectoderm
Intracellular
Endoderme
Period (years): 
1988
1991

GEOLOCALISATION

Ocean origin: 
Pacific Ocean
Region origin: 
California Coast
Country origin: 
USA
Habitat origin: 
Sea
Name of site: 
Santa Barbara