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Pelagodinium gen. nov. and P. béii comb. nov., a dinoflagellate symbiont of planktonic foraminifera
Siano, R.; Montresor, M.; Probert, I.; Not, F.; de Vargas, C. (2010). Pelagodinium gen. nov. and P. béii comb. nov., a dinoflagellate symbiont of planktonic foraminifera. Protist 161(3): 385-399. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2010.01.002
In: Protist. Elsevier: Jena. ISSN 1434-4610; e-ISSN 1618-0941, more
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Keywords
    Dinoflagellates
    Foraminifera
    Symbionts
    Orbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839 [WoRMS]; Pelagodinium Siano, Montresor, Probert & de Vargas, 2010 [WoRMS]; Suessiales [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    Pelagodinium
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  • Siano, R.
  • Montresor, M., more
  • Probert, I.
  • Not, F.
  • de Vargas, C.
Abstract
    The taxonomic status of the free-living stage of the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium béii, symbiont of the foraminifer Orbulina universa, was reassessed on the basis of detailed morpho-genetic analyses. Electron microscopy observations revealed previously undescribed morphological features of the cell that are important for species recognition. The presence of a single elongated apical vesicle (EAV) ornamented with a row of small knobs, absent in species of the genus Gymnodinium, calls into question the current taxonomic position of the symbiont. The presence of a type E extraplastidial eyespot, the arrangement of the amphiesmal vesicles in series and the absence of trichocysts confirm the affiliation with other symbiotic dinoflagellates and certain genetically related non-symbiotic genera, all belonging to the order Suessiales. The arrangement of the series of vesicles of the analyzed strain is unique within the Suessiales, and the ultrastructure of the pyrenoid is different from other symbiotic dinoflagellates. A large subunit (LSU) rDNA phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the analyzed pelagic symbiont clusters in an independent, well-supported clade within the Suessiales with other sequences of symbiotic dinoflagellates extracted from planktonic foraminifera. Hence a novel genus, Pelagodinium gen. nov., is erected for this pelagic, symbiotic dinoflagellate, and Gymnodinium béii is reclassified as Pelagodinium béii.
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