Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca / Globigerinoides sacculifer

Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca / Globigerinoides sacculifer

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Pyrocystales
Family: 
Pyrocystaceae
Genus: 
Pyrocystis
Species: 
pseudonoctiluca
Authority: 
Murray ex Haeckel 1890
Synonym(s): 
Dissodinium pseudonoctiluca Swift ex Elbrachter & Drebes
Pyrocystis noctiluca Murray ex Haeckel, 1890

HOST

Globigerinoides sacculifer

Super Group: 
Rhizaria
Phylum: 
Foraminifera
Class: 
Globothalamea
Order: 
Rotaliida
Family: 
Globigerinidae
Genus: 
Globigerinoides
Species: 
sacculifer
Authority: 
Globigerinoides sacculifer Brady, 1877
Synonym(s): 
Globigerinoidesella bollii Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
Globigerina sacculifera Brady, 1877.

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Pyrocystis
Symbiont species name in reference: 
pseudonoctiluca
Symbiont identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Globigerinoides
Host species name in reference: 
sacculifer
Host identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Mutualistic
Localisation on host: 
Ectoderm

GEOLOCALISATION

Habitat origin: 
Sea