Hematodinium-species complex / Paralithodes platypus

Hematodinium-species complex / Paralithodes platypus

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Hematodinium-species complex

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Syndinea
Order: 
Syndiniales
Family: 
Syndinidae
Genus: 
Hematodinium

HOST

Paralithodes platypus

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Malacostraca
Order: 
Decapoda
Family: 
Lithodidae
Genus: 
Paralithodes
Species: 
platypus
Authority: 
Brandt 1850

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Hematodinium sp
Symbiont identification method: 
Hematoxylin and eosin microscopic detection
TEM

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Paralithodes
Host species name in reference: 
platypus
Host identification method: 
Morphology

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Parasitoid
Localisation on host: 
Endoparasite
Hemolymph
Hepatopancreas
Cardiac tissue
Host stage infected: 
Adult
Prevalence: 
0-0.35%
Period (days): 
25/08/2006 to 15/12/2006

GEOLOCALISATION

Ocean origin: 
Sea of Okhotsk
Country origin: 
Russia
Habitat origin: 
Coastal
Name of site: 
western Kamchatka shelf