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

Attached phylogeny

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

Displaying 1 - 4 of 4
Association with... Region origin Name of site In reference...
Akashiwo sanguinea Chesapeake Bay
Coats WD, Bockstahler KR (1994) 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
Akashiwo sanguinea Chesapeake Bay
Akashiwo sanguinea Chesapeake Bay - Rhode river
Dinophysis norvegica Gotland Deep