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]
| Waminoa litus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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References
edit- ^ Winsor, Leigh (1990). "Marine Turbellaria (Acoela) from North Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 28: 785–800.
- ^ 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.