Amphisolenia sp.

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Dinophysiales
Family: 
Amphisoleniaceae
Genus: 
Amphisolenia
Authority: 
Stein 1883

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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Synechococcus sp. J. Decelle, Colin, ébastien, and Foster, R. A., Marine ProtistsPhotosymbiosis in Marine Planktonic Protists. Tokyo: Springer Japan, 2015, pp. 465 - 500.
Prochlorococcus sp. J. Decelle, Colin, ébastien, and Foster, R. A., Marine ProtistsPhotosymbiosis in Marine Planktonic Protists. Tokyo: Springer Japan, 2015, pp. 465 - 500.