Blepharocysta paulseni

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Podolampadaceae
Genus: 
Blepharocysta
Species: 
paulseni
Authority: 
J. Schiller

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Type species

The type species (holotype) of the genus Blepharocysta is Blepharocysta splendor-maris (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg

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

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex Levantine Sea C R. Siano, Alves-de-Souza, C., Foulon, E., Bendif, E. M., Simon, N., Guillou, L., et Not, F., « Distribution and host diversity of Amoebophryidae parasites across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea », Biogeosciences, vol. 8, nᵒ 2, p. 267 - 278, 2011.
Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex Ionian Sea B R. Siano, Alves-de-Souza, C., Foulon, E., Bendif, E. M., Simon, N., Guillou, L., et Not, F., « Distribution and host diversity of Amoebophryidae parasites across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea », Biogeosciences, vol. 8, nᵒ 2, p. 267 - 278, 2011.
Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex Western basin A R. Siano, Alves-de-Souza, C., Foulon, E., Bendif, E. M., Simon, N., Guillou, L., et Not, F., « Distribution and host diversity of Amoebophryidae parasites across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea », Biogeosciences, vol. 8, nᵒ 2, p. 267 - 278, 2011.