AQUASYMBIO

Parasites and endosymbioses
in aquatic ecosystems

Dinophysis norvegica

Super Group:

Alveolata

Phylum:

Dinophyta

Class:

Dinophyceae

Order:

Dinophysiales

Family:

Dinophysaceae

Genus:

Dinophysis

Species:

norvegica

Authority:

Claparède & Lachmann 1859

Synonym(s):

Dinophysis norvegica var. debilior Paulsen 1907

Dinophysis debilior Paulsen 1949

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Diagnosis

Bloom: No
Toxicity: Yes_DSP

Type species

The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg.

Ecology

Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
Salinity: variable (estuary)
pH: neutral

Feeding: Kleptoplastidy
Feeding: Predatory

Life cycle

Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month

Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary

Feeding behaviour

kleptoplastidy

Predatory

Mode of locomotion

Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae

Flagellum: 2

Motility: motile_swimming

Reference(s)

Identifying harmful marine dinoflagellates

Faust MA, Gulledge RA (2002) Identifying harmful marine dinoflagellates. Smithsonian Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 42:1-144.

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF SELECTED SPECIES OF THE ORDER DINOPHYSIALES (DINOPHYCEAE)-TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS OF A DINOPHYSIOID RADIATION

Jensen MHastrup, Daugbjerg N (2009) MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF SELECTED SPECIES OF THE ORDER DINOPHYSIALES (DINOPHYCEAE)-TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS OF A DINOPHYSIOID RADIATION. Journal of Phycology 45:1136 - 1152. doi: 10.1111/jpy.2009.45.issue-510.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00741.x

<i>Parvilucifera infectans</i> norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae

Norén F, Moestrup Ø, Rehnstam-Holm A-S (1999) Parvilucifera infectans norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae. European Journal of Protistology 35:233 - 254. doi: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80001-7

Attached phylogeny

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Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with...	Region origin	Name of site	In reference...
Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex	Mahone Bay		Fritz L, Nass M (1992) Development of the endoparasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya ceratii within host dinoflagellate species. Journal of Phycology 28:312 - 320. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1992.00312.x
Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex			Salomon PS, Janson S, Granéli E (2003) Multiple species of the dinophagous dinoflagellate genus Amoebophrya infect the same host species. Environmental Microbiology 5:1046 - 1052. doi: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00511.x
Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex			Salomon PS, Janson S, Granéli E (2003) Parasitism of Dinophysis norvegica by Amoebophrya sp. in the Baltic Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 33:163-172.
Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex	New Scotland	Mahone Bay	Fritz L, Nass M (1992) Development of the endoparasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya ceratii within host dinoflagellate species. Journal of Phycology 28:312 - 320. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1992.00312.x
Amoebophrya ceratii-Clade-3	Gotland Deep		Janson S, Gisselson L-A, Salomon PS, Granéli E (2000) Evidence for multiple species within the endoparasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya ceratii as based on 18S rRNA gene-sequence analysis. Parasitology Research 86:929 - 933. doi: 10.1007/s004360000272
Parvilucifera infectans		Skagerrak B	Johansson M, Eiler A, Tranvik L, Bertilsson S (2006) Distribution of the dinoflagellate parasite Parvilucifera infectans (Perkinsozoa) along the Swedish coast. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43:289-302.
Parvilucifera infectans		Kristineberg Marine Research Station	Norén F, Moestrup Ø, Rehnstam-Holm A-S (1999) Parvilucifera infectans norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae. European Journal of Protistology 35:233 - 254. doi: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80001-7
Parvilucifera infectans		Skagerrak A	Johansson M, Eiler A, Tranvik L, Bertilsson S (2006) Distribution of the dinoflagellate parasite Parvilucifera infectans (Perkinsozoa) along the Swedish coast. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43:289-302.

Dinophysis norvegica

Diagnosis

Type species

Ecology

Life cycle

Feeding behaviour

Mode of locomotion

Reference(s)

Identifying harmful marine dinoflagellates

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF SELECTED SPECIES OF THE ORDER DINOPHYSIALES (DINOPHYCEAE)-TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS OF A DINOPHYSIOID RADIATION

<i>Parvilucifera infectans</i> norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae

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Dinophysis norvegica

Diagnosis

Type species

Ecology

Life cycle

Feeding behaviour

Mode of locomotion

Reference(s)

Identifying harmful marine dinoflagellates

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF SELECTED SPECIES OF THE ORDER DINOPHYSIALES (DINOPHYCEAE)-TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS OF A DINOPHYSIOID RADIATION

<i>Parvilucifera infectans</i> norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae

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