Piscinoodinium pillulare / Corydoras melanistius

Piscinoodinium pillulare / Corydoras melanistius

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Piscinoodinium pillulare

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Genus: 
Piscinoodinium
Species: 
pillulare
Authority: 
Schäperclaus 1954
Synonym(s): 
Oodinium pillularis

HOST

Corydoras melanistius

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Order: 
Siluriformes
Family: 
Callichthyidae
Genus: 
Corydoras
Species: 
melanistius
Authority: 
Regan 1912
Synonym(s): 
Corydoras brevirostris (Fraser-Brunner, 1947)
Corydoras wotroi
Corydoras melanistius longirostris (Hoedeman, 1952)

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Piscinoodinium
Symbiont species name in reference: 
sp.
Symbiont identification method: 
Hematoxylin and eosin microscopic detection
SEM

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Corydoras
Host species name in reference: 
melanistius
Host identification method: 
Morphology

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Asphyxia
Localisation on host: 
Ectoparasite
Gill
Host stage infected: 
Adult
Prevalence: 
45%
Period (years): 
1993

GEOLOCALISATION

Country origin: 
Scotland
Habitat origin: 
Aquarium
Name of site: 
Université of Stirling
Salinity: 
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