Description
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Genus Zooxanthella
Photosynthetic protist that lives within the tissue of certain sponges, corals , and clams. Such a relationship is said to be a mutualistic symbiosis. Pl. zooxanthellae. See mutualism.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
()
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Dinophyta
()
- Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
- Subphylum:
Dinozoa
()
- Infraphylum:
Dinoflagellata
()
- Class:
Gymnodiniales
()
- (Bütschli, 1885) Pascher, 1914
- Subclass:
Peridiniphycidae
()
- Fensome Et Al., 1993b
- Order:
Dinophyceae
()
- Haeckel, 1894b
- Family:
Lophodiniaceae
()
- Genus:
Zooxanthella
()
- Specific descriptor:
microadriatica
- (Freudenthal) Loeblich III & Sherley
- Scientific name: - Zooxanthella microadriatica (Freudenthal) Loeblich III & Sherley
- Specific descriptor:
microadriatica
- (Freudenthal) Loeblich III & Sherley
- Genus:
Zooxanthella
(
- Family:
Lophodiniaceae
(
- Order:
Dinophyceae
(
- Subclass:
Peridiniphycidae
(
- Class:
Gymnodiniales
(
- Infraphylum:
Dinoflagellata
(
- Subphylum:
Dinozoa
(
- Phylum:
Dinophyta
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Zooxanthella
There are approximately 3 species in this genus:
Z. chattonii · Z. microadriatica · Z. nutricula
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Notes
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Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5658168
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13314607
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3957491
