Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca / Hastigerina pelagica

Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca / Hastigerina pelagica

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

Hastigerina pelagica

Super Group: 
Chromista
Phylum: 
Foraminifera
Class: 
Globothalamea
Order: 
Rotaliida
Family: 
Hastigerinidae
Genus: 
Hastigerina
Species: 
pelagica
Authority: 
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
Synonym(s): 
Hastigerina murrayi Thomson, 1876
Nonionina pelagica d'Orbigny, 1839

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: 
Hastigerina
Host species name in reference: 
pelagica
Host identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Mutualistic
Localisation on host: 
Ectoderm
Period (years): 
1972

GEOLOCALISATION

Ocean origin: 
Atlantic Ocean
Region origin: 
Florida
Country origin: 
USA
Habitat origin: 
Sea