Table 1 Overview of endobiotic bacteria and their aggregates within the epidermic tip region of cerata from 12 nudibranch species
From: Endobacterial morphotypes in nudibranch cerata tips: a SEM analysis
Nudibranch groups | Aeolidiacea | Dendronotacea | Arminiaceae | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species | Aeolidia papillosa | Berghia caerulescens | Coryphella brownii | Coryphella lineata | Coryphella verrucosa | Cuthona amoena | Facelina coronata | Flabellina pedata | Dendronotus frondosus | Doto coronata | Tritonia plebeia | Janolus cristatus |
Aggregates and endobacterial morphology | ||||||||||||
Bacterial aggregates with envelope | ||||||||||||
Coccoid shaped bacteria (μm) | 10/1.4a 4/0.5 | 6/0.8 13/0.9 r ne/1.3 po | 25/2.5 | 15/1.7 | 5/0.5 | 6/0.6 | 6/1.0 | |||||
Oval-shaped bacteria (μm) | 5/0.8 × 1.3 No envelope | 4/0.8 × 1.6 Envelope 7/0.8 × 1.5 No envelope | ||||||||||
Coccoid bacteria and aggregates without envelope (μm) | 0.5 0.5 × 0.9 sp | 0.9 | ||||||||||
Dispersed coccoid endobionts (μm) | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | ca 2-4 μm | 1.5 | 1.0 | |||
Endobionts located closely to cnidocysts | + | + | + | + | + | nd. | + | + | nd | + | + | nd |