Duboscquodinium kofoidi

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Family: 
Duboscquellidae
Genus: 
Duboscquodinium
Species: 
kofoidi
Authority: 
Grassé 1952

Diagnosis

Parasite similar to D. collini, but sporogenesis is different. Typical dinokaryotic spores.

Type species

The type species is D. collini.

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type Host: Tintinnopsis campanula.
 

Ecology

Substrate_dinospores: planktonic
Substrate_trophont: endozoic

Salinity: marine
Salinity: variable
pH: neutral

Life cycle

Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Symbiont: horizontal

Feeding behaviour

Parasitism

Mode of locomotion

Flagellum_spore:2

Reference(s)

Classe des Dinophyceae ou Péridiniens

Chatton E (1952) Classe des Dinophyceae ou Péridiniens. In: Traité de zoologie, Grassé P.-P. Masson & Cie, Paris,

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

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Tintinnopsis campanula
Chatton E (1952) Classe des Dinoflagellés ou Péridiniens. Dinoflagellés parasites. In: Traité de zoologie, Grassé, P.-P. (ed.). Masson & Cie, Paris, pp 363-390