Syndinium gammari
Diagnosis
Aplastidic parasite, numerous trichocysts, organized as plasmodium (several per host) during the trophont stage. producing spores typical of Syndinids (V-shaped condensed chromosomes).
No castration of males observed.
Infections often accompanied by microsporidiosis.
Body_spores_length: 7-8 µm
Body_spores_wide: 3-3.5 µm
Type species
The type species for the genus is S. turbo.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type locality: Thau lagoon (France)
Type Host: Gammarus locusta
Ecology
Substrate_trophont: endozoic
Substrate_trophont: extracellular
Substrate_spores: planktonic
Sociability_adults: solitary
Salinity: marine
Salinity: variable
Life cycle
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Symbiont: horizontal
Feeding behaviour
Mode of locomotion
Reference(s)
Observation site(s)
HOSTS
Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Gammarus locusta | Thau lagoon |
Syndinium gammari n. sp. péridinien Duboscquodinida Syndinidae, parasite de Gammarus locusta (Lin.) crustacé amphipode. Protistologica T. VII:213-219. (1971) |