Mesodinium rubrum / Dinophysis acuminata

Mesodinium rubrum / Dinophysis acuminata

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Mesodinium rubrum

Super Group: 
Chromista
Phylum: 
Ciliophora
Class: 
Litostomatea
Order: 
Cyclotrichiida
Family: 
Mesodiniidae
Genus: 
Mesodinium
Species: 
rubrum
Authority: 
Lohmann, 1908
Synonym(s): 
Myrionecta rubra Lohmann, 1908

HOST

Dinophysis acuminata

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Dinophysiales
Family: 
Dinophysaceae
Genus: 
Dinophysis
Species: 
acuminata
Authority: 
Claparède & Lachmann 1859

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Mesodinium
Symbiont species name in reference: 
rubrum
Symbiont identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Dinophysis
Host species name in reference: 
acuminata
Host identification method: 
culture

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Kleptoplastidy
Localisation on host: 
Endoplasm

GEOLOCALISATION

Habitat origin: 
Sea