Pedinomonas symbiotica
Diagnosis
Diagnosis_Species: Cachon and Caram. Motile cell naked, mean dimensions: 4 fLm long x 2 fLm wide, markedly asymmetric dorsoventrally. Normally one flagellum, two in period of reproduction, none in winter. One cup-shaped chloroplast with spherical pyrenoid covered by a continuous starch sheath. No eyespot, no scales. One single mitochondrion and one small dictyosome. Habitat: Mediterranean Sea, constantly present in the jelly of radiolarian host Thalassolampe.
Body_length: 4 µm
Body_wide: 2 µm
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic (one line per case)
Salinity: marine
Life cycle
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Feeding behaviour
Mode of locomotion
Reference(s)
Observation site(s)
HOSTS
Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Thalassolampe margarodes | (1979) |