Hematodinium-species complex / Cancer pagurus

Hematodinium-species complex / Cancer pagurus

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Hematodinium-species complex

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

HOST

Cancer pagurus

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Malacostraca
Order: 
Decapoda
Family: 
Cancridae
Genus: 
Cancer
Species: 
pagurus
Authority: 
Linnaeus 1758

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Hematodinium sp.
Symbiont identification method: 
Microscopic examination of the cardiac tissue

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Cancer
Host species name in reference: 
pagurus
Host identification method: 
Morphology

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Parasitoid
Localisation on host: 
Hemolymph
Cardiac tissue
Host stage infected: 
Adult
Prevalence: 
0-50%, no difference between sexe, size and inter-moult stage
Period (months): 
septembre
Period (years): 
1988

GEOLOCALISATION

Ocean origin: 
The Channel
Country origin: 
France
Habitat origin: 
Coastal
Name of site: 
Roscoff