Waminoa litus

Waminoa litus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Xenacoelomorpha
Order: Acoela
Family: Convolutidae
Genus: Waminoa
Species:
W. litus
Binomial name
Waminoa litus
(Winsor, 1990)

Waminoa litus is a species of dinoflagellate-bearing acoel which is epizoic on living corals.[1][2] This species is unique in that it transmits its endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) vertically (from the parent host to the offspring) via eggs, regardless of the heterogeneity of the zooxanthellae.[2] Two dinoflagellate genera have been found to simultaneously live in the parenchyma of W. litus: Symbiodinium and Amphidinium.[2]

References

  1. ^ Winsor, Leigh (1990). "Marine Turbellaria (Acoela) from North Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 28: 785–800.
  2. ^ a b c Koike, Kazuhiko; Hikosaka, Akira; Yamashita, Hiroshi; Koike, Kanae; Hikosaka-Katayama, Tomoe (2012). "Mechanisms of Maternal Inheritance of Dinoflagellate Symbionts in the Acoelomorph Worm Waminoa litus". Zoological Science. 29 (9): 559–567. doi:10.2108/zsj.29.559. ISSN 0289-0003.


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