AQUASYMBIO

Parasites and endosymbioses
in aquatic ecosystems

Libinia emarginata

Super Group:

Opisthokonta

Phylum:

Arthropoda

Sub-Phylum:

Crustacea

Class:

Malacostraca

Order:

Decapoda

Sub-Order:

Pleocyemata

Family:

Epialtidae

Genus:

Libinia

Species:

emarginata

Authority:

Leach 1815

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Reference(s)

The Role of Alternate Hosts in the Ecology and Life History of Hematodinium sp., a Parasitic Dinoflagellate of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Lohan KMPagenko, Reece KS, Miller TL, Wheeler KN, Small HJ, Shields JD (2012) The Role of Alternate Hosts in the Ecology and Life History of Hematodinium sp., a Parasitic Dinoflagellate of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus). Journal of Parasitology 98:73 - 84. doi: 10.1645/GE-2854.1

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with...	Region origin	Name of site	In reference...
Hematodinium-species complex		Wassaw Sound estuary	Sheppard M, Walker A, Frischer ME, Lee RF (2003) Histopathology and prevalence of the parasitic dinoflagellate hematodinium sp., in crabs (Callinectes sapidus, Callinectes similis, Neopanope sayi, Libinia emarginata, Menippe mercenaria) from a Georgia estuary. Journal of Shellfish Research 22:873-880.
Hematodinium perezi (clade A)	Virginia	Chincoteague Bay	Lohan KMPagenko, Reece KS, Miller TL, Wheeler KN, Small HJ, Shields JD (2012) The Role of Alternate Hosts in the Ecology and Life History of Hematodinium sp., a Parasitic Dinoflagellate of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus). Journal of Parasitology 98:73 - 84. doi: 10.1645/GE-2854.1