Perkinsus marinus/Crassostrea rhizophorae

Perkinsus marinus/Crassostrea rhizophorae

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Perkinsus marinus

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Perkinsea
Class: 
Perkinsida
Genus: 
Perkinsus
Species: 
marinus
Authority: 
Mackin, Owen & Collier 1950
Synonym(s): 
Dermocystidium marinum
Labyrinthomyxa marina

HOST

Crassostrea rhizophorae

Phylum: 
Mollusca
Class: 
Bivalvia
Order: 
Ostreida
Family: 
Ostreidae
Genus: 
Crassostrea
Species: 
rhizophorae
Authority: 
Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding 1928)
Synonym(s): 
Ostrea rhizophorae Guilding, 1828
Ostrea rhizophorae Guilding, 1828
Ostrea tulipa G. B. Sowerby II, 1871

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Perkinsus
Symbiont species name in reference: 
marinus
Symbiont identification method: 
Ray’s fluid thioglycolate medium

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Crassostrea
Host species name in reference: 
rhizophorae
Host identification method: 
Morphology

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Parasite
Dead of the host
Localisation on host: 
mantle tissue
Host stage infected: 
Adult
Prevalence: 
20

GEOLOCALISATION

Ocean origin: 
Caribbean Sea
Region origin: 
Port Morant
Country origin: 
Jamaica
Habitat origin: 
Bay
Name of site: 
Bowden