Waminoa litus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Xenacoelomorpha |
Order: | Acoela |
Family: | Convolutidae |
Genus: | Waminoa |
Species: | W. litus
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Binomial name | |
Waminoa litus (Winsor, 1990)
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Waminoa litus is a species of dinoflagellate-bearing acoels which are 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]