Endozoic algae in shelled gastropods - a new symbiotic association in coral reefs? - I. Photosynthetically active zooxanthellae in Strombus tricornis

T. Berner; A. Wishkovsky; Z. Dubinsky

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Endozoic algae in shelled gastropods - a new symbiotic association in coral reefs? - I. Photosynthetically active zooxanthellae in Strombus tricornis

T. Berner, A. Wishkovsky, Z. Dubinsky

The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences

Bar-Ilan University

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Live algae were found in the hepatopancreas and gonads of the Red Sea snail Strombus tricornis. These organs are constantly concealed within the upper whorls of the snail's shell. Light penetration was 5-15% of the incident light reaching the shell. Pigment analysis indicated the presence of chlorophyll a, c and peridinin, a composition resembling the Dinoflagellata. Chlorophyll a concentration in the algae was 1.18±0.36 pg chl/cell. ¹⁴C assimilation of isolated algae incubated in the light exceeded that of dark controls, demonstrating the photosynthetic activity of the endozoic algae.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-106
Number of pages	4
Journal	Coral Reefs
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270358
State	Published - Oct 1986

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