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Parasitic dinoflagellates of marine Crustacea

Recognized species of dinoflagellates and affiliated taxa that parasitize crustaceans and their respective host species.

From: Shields, J.D. 1994. The parasitic dinoflagellates of marine crustaceans. Ann. Rev. Fish Diseases 4:241-271.

BLASTODINIDA

Blastodinidae   Blastodinium in a host copepod
Blastodinidae   Blastodinium in host copepod

Blastodinium Chatton, 1906 Chatton, 1906

  • B. apsteini Sewell, 1951
    Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), C. furcatus (Brady), Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht
  • B. chattoni Sewell, 1951
    Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), C. furcatus (Brady), Nannocalanus minor (Claus), Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, P. denudatus Sewell, P. parvus (Claus), Cosmocalanus (=Undinula) darwini (Lubbock)
  • B. contortum Chatton, 1908
    Acartia clausi Giesbrecht, Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht Calocalanus Styliremis Giesbrecht, Clausocalanus arcuicornis Dana, Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady), Eucalanus Pileatus Giesbrecht, Eucheata wolfendeni Scott, Nannocalanus minor (Claus), Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, P. denudatus Sewell, P. parvus (Claus), Cosmocalanus darwini (Lubbock)
  • B. crassum Chatton, 1908
    Paracalanus parvus (Claus), Calocalanus styliremis Giesbrecht, Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), C. furcatus (Brady)
  • B. elongatum Chatton, 1912
    Scolecithrix bradyi Giesbrecht
  • B. hylainum Chatton, 1929
    Acartia clausi Giesbrecht, Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus), Centropages typicus Kroyer, Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, P. denudatus Sewell, Paracalanus parvus (Claus), Pseudocalanus elongatus (Boeck), Scolecithrix bradyi Giesbrecht
  • B. inornatum Chatton, 1920
    Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), C. furcatus (Brady) Paracalanus parvus (Claus), P. aculeatus Giesbrecht
  • B. mangini Chatton, 1908
    Corycella gibbulus Giesbrecht, C. rostrata Farran, Oncaea conifera Giesbrecht, O. media Giesbrecht, O. venusta Philippi
  • B. mangini oncae Chatton, 1912
    Oncaea media Giesbrecht, O. minuta Giesbrecht, Corycella rostratus Claus
  • B. navicula Chatton, 1912
    Corycella venustus Dana
  • B. oviformeChatton, 1912
    Corycaeus crassiusculus Dana, C. gibbulus Giesbrecht, C. speciosus Dana, Oithona helgolandica Claus, O. nana Giesbrecht, O. plumfera baird, Oncea conifera Giesbrecht, O. media Giesbrecht, O. venusta Philippi
  • B. pruvoti Chatton, 1906
    Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), C. furcatus (Brady), Nannocalanus minor (Claus), Paracalanus parvus (Claus)
  • B. spinulosum Chatton, 1908
    Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), C. furcatus (Brady), C. farrani Sewell, Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, P. denudatus Sewell, P. parvus (Claus)
  • Blastodinium sp.
    Temora stylifera Dana
  • Blastodinium sp.
    Eucalanus subtenuis Giesbrecht
  • Blastodinium sp.
    Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady), C. lividus, Corycaeus flaccus Giesbrecht, C. typicus (Kroyer), rarely in Centropages typicus Kroyer, Euaetidius giesbrechti (Cleve), Pleuromamma gracilis (Claus), Nannocalanus minor (Claus)

Chytrodinidae

Chytriodinium penetrating a shrimp egg

Chytriodinium penetrating a shrimp egg.

  • Schizochytriodinium calani Elbrächter, 1988
    eggs of Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, C. hyperboreus Kroyer
  • Syltodinium listi Drebes, 1988
    eggs of Temora longicornis (Muller), Acartia sp., Pseudocalanus elongatus (Boeck)

SYNDINIDA

Syndinidae

  • Trypanodinium ovicola Chatton, 1912
    eggs of Oithona spp., Clytemnestra spp., Oncaea media Giesbrecht
  • Syndinium sp.
    Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus), Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), Oithona helgolandica Claus
  • Syndinium sp.
    Eucalanus pseudattenuatus Sewell, Euchirella pulchra (Lubbock), Oncaea venusta typica Philippi
  • ?Syndinium sp?
    eggs of Pandalus borealis Kröyer

Hematodinium perezi from C. sapidusHematodinium perezi from C. sapidus

  • H. cf. perezi
    Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst), Cancer borealis Stimpson
  • H. cf. perezi
    Callinectes sapidus Rathbun
  • Hematodinium sp.
    Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun, C. opilio (Fabricius)
  • Hematodinium sp.
    Nephrops norvegicus (L.)
  • ?Hematodinium sp?
    Ampelisca agassizi (Judd), A. vadorum Mills, A. verrilli Mills, Byblis serrata Smith, Casco bigelowi (Blake), Harpinia propinqua Sars, Leptocheirus pinguis (Stimpson), Melita dentata (Kroyer), Monoculodes edwardsi Holmes, Protohaustorius wigle yi Bousfield Phoxocephalus holbolli Kroyer, Rhepoxynius epistomus (Shoemaker), Unciola spp
  • ?Hematodinium sp?
    Pandalus borealis Kröyer, P. platyceros Brandt

PARADINIDA

  • P. poucheti Chatton, 1910
    Acartia clausi Giesbrecht, Oithona helgolandica Claus, O. plumifera Baird, Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), Paracalanus parvus (Claus), Centropages typicus Kröyer

 

ELLOBIOPSIDAD


EllobiopsisEllobiopsis on a copepod host.

  • E. caridarum Coutière, 1911
    Acanthephyra purpurea Milne-Edwards, A. eximia Smith, Antarctomysis maxima Hansen, Pasiphaea pacifica Rathbun, P. semispinosa Holthuis, Sergestes spp., Systellaspis debilis (Milne-Edwards)
  • E. chattoniCaullery, 1910
    Acartia clausi Giesbrecht, Calanus helgolandica Claus, C. finmarchicus (Gunnerus), Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), Ctenocalanus vanus Giesbrecht, Euchaeta marina (Prestandrea), E. wolfendeni Scott, Metridia longa (Lubbock), Pleuromamma graci lis (Claus), P. borealis (Dahl), Pseudocalanus elongatus (Boeck), P. minutus (Kröyer), Cosmocalanus (=Undinula) vulgaris (Sewell), zoeae of Portunus pelagicus (L.)
  • E. elongata Steuer, 1932
    Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana), Ctenocalanus vanus (Giesbrecht), Cosmocalanus darwini, Euchaeta marina (Prestandrea), Gaetanus antarcticus Wolfenden, G. curvicornis Sars, postlarvae of Penaeopsis retacuta (Bate)
  • E. fagei Hovasse, 1951
    pelagic copepods, Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana)
  • Parallobiopsis coutieri Collin, 1913
    Nebalia bipes Fabricius
  • Rhizellobiopsis eupraxiae (Zachs, 1923)
    polychaete: Nephthys ciliata Muller
  • T. albatrossi Wing, 1975
    Stilomysis major Tattersall
  • T. boschmai(Nouvel, 1954)
    wide range of mysids: Acanthomysis macropsis (Tattersall), A. nephrophthalma Banner, A. pseudomacropsis, (Tattersall), Gastrosaccus lobatus Nouvel, Leptomysis gracilis (Sars), Meterythrops robusta Smith, Neomysis kadiakensis Ortmann
  • T. capillosus (Fage, 1938)
    Pasiphaea tarda Kröyer, P. pacifica Rathbun, P. multidentata Esmark, P. acutifrons Bate
  • T. fagei (Boschma, 1948)
    wide range of euphausids: Euphausia diomedeae Ortman, E. distinguenda Hansen, E. frigida Hansen, E. hemigibba Hansen, E. krohnii (Brandt), E. lucens Hansen, E. pacifica Hansen, E. pseudogibba Ortman, E. recurva Hansen, E. sanzoi Torelli, E. t enera Hansen, E. vallentini Stebbing, Meganyctiphanes norvegica (Sars), Nematoscelis difficilis Hansen, Nyctiphanes australis Sars, N. capensis Hansen, Pseudeuphausia latifrons (Sars), Thysanoessa gregaria Sars, T. inermis (Kröyer), T. raschii (Sars)
  • T. fasciatus (Fage, 1936)
    mysids in the genus Gnathophausia: G. zoea Willemoes-Suhm, G. ingens (Dohrn), G. gracilis Willemoes-Suhm, G. gigas Willemoes-Suhm.
  • T. marsupii Kane, 1964
    in amphipods: Cyphocaris challengeri Stebbing, Cystisoma sp., Eusirus leptocarpus Sars, E. longipes Boeck, Parathemisto abyssorum (Boeck), P. gaudichaudii (Guerin), P. gracilipes Norman, P. libellula (Lichtenstein), P. pacifica Stebbing, Rhach otropis aculeata (Lepechin), R. helleri Boeck, R. macropus Sars
  • T. racemosus (Coutière, 1911)
    Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso), A. sexspinosa Kemp, Hymenodora glacialis (Buchholz), Pasiphaea cristata Bate, P. tarda Kröyer
  • T. umbellatus (Boschma, 1949)
    in oplophorid shrimps: Oplophorus gracilirostris Milne-Edwards, O. grimaldii Coutiére, O. novaezeelandiae de Man
  • Thalassomyces spp?
    Amphipoda: Calamorhynchus pellucidus Streets; Mysidacea: Siriella clausi Sars, others under Thalassomyces boschmai

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