Amoebophrya ceratii-Clade-3
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Syndinea
Order:
Syndiniales
Family:
Amoebophyidae
Genus:
Amoebophrya
Species:
ceratii-Clade-3
Cluster:
MALV II
Diagnosis
Environmental clade, belonging to marine Alveolate Group II (MALV II). MALV II could be synonymous to the family Amoebophryidae. Environmental clades labeled as Guillou et al. (2008).
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Sociability: colonial
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: parasitism (by phagotrophy)
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary
Symbiont: horizontal_active-penetration
Feeding behaviour
Parasitism
Mode of locomotion
Flagellum_spore:2
Motility_spore:motile_swimming
Reference(s)
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
HOSTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Akashiwo sanguinea | Chesapeake Bay |
Occurrence of the Parasitic Dinoflagellate Amoebophrya ceratii in Chesapeake Bay Populations of Gymnodinium sanguineum. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 41:586 - 593. doi: 10.1111/jeu.1994.41.issue-610.1111/j.1550-7408.1994.tb01520.x (1994) |
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Akashiwo sanguinea | Chesapeake Bay |
Parasitism of photosynthetic dinoflagellates in a shallow subestuary of Chesapeake Bay, USA. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 11:1-9. (1996) |
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Akashiwo sanguinea | Chesapeake Bay - Rhode river |
The phylogenetic position of Amoebophrya sp. infecting Gymnodinium sanguineum. J Eukaryot Microbiol 46:194-7. (1999) |
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Dinophysis norvegica | Gotland Deep |
Evidence for multiple species within the endoparasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya ceratii as based on 18S rRNA gene-sequence analysis. Parasitology Research 86:929 - 933. doi: 10.1007/s004360000272 (2000) |