AQUASYMBIO

Parasites and endosymbioses
in aquatic ecosystems

Sorites orbiculus

Super Group:

Chromista

Phylum:

Foraminifera

Class:

Tubothalamea

Order:

Miliolida

Family:

Soritidae

Genus:

Sorites

Species:

orbiculus

Authority:

Forskål, 1775

Synonym(s):

Nautilus orbiculus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775

Suggest a modification

Reference(s)

Phylogenetic incongruence between dinoflagellate endosymbionts (Symbiodinium) and their host foraminifera (Sorites): small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence evidence

Langer MR, Lipps JH (1995) Phylogenetic incongruence between dinoflagellate endosymbionts (Symbiodinium) and their host foraminifera (Sorites): small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence evidence. Marine Micropaleontology 26:179 - 186. doi: 10.1016/0377-8398(95)00072-0

Molecular Identification of Algal Endosymbionts in Large Miliolid Foraminifera: 1. Chlorophytes

PAWLOWSKI JAN, HOLZMANN MARIA, FAHRNI JOSEF, Hallock P (2001) Molecular Identification of Algal Endosymbionts in Large Miliolid Foraminifera: 1. Chlorophytes. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 48:362 - 367. doi: 10.1111/jeu.2001.48.issue-310.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00325.x

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with...	Region origin	Name of site	In reference...
Symbiodinium sp.	French Polynesia	Cook’s Bay	Langer MR, Lipps JH (1995) Phylogenetic incongruence between dinoflagellate endosymbionts (Symbiodinium) and their host foraminifera (Sorites): small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence evidence. Marine Micropaleontology 26:179 - 186. doi: 10.1016/0377-8398(95)00072-0
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		Pochon X, LaJeunesse TC, Pawlowski J (2004) Biogeographic partitioning and host specialization among foraminiferan dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium; Dinophyta). Marine Biology 146:17 - 27. doi: 10.1007/s00227-004-1427-2