Amyloodinium ocellatum / Caranx crysos

Amyloodinium ocellatum / Caranx crysos

REFERENCE

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SYMBIONT

Amyloodinium ocellatum

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Family: 
Oodiniaceae
Genus: 
Amyloodinium
Species: 
ocellatum
Authority: 
Brown 1931

HOST

Caranx crysos

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Order: 
Perciformes
Family: 
Carangidae
Genus: 
Caranx
Species: 
crysos
Authority: 
Mitchill 1815
Synonym(s): 
Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Caranx fusus (Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Caranx pisquetus (Cuvier, 1833)
Scomber chrysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Trachurus squamosus (Gronow, 1854)

DATA IN REFERENCE

Symbiont genus name in reference: 
Oodinium
Symbiont species name in reference: 
ocellatum
Symbiont identification method: 
Morphology by microscopy

DATA IN REFERENCE

Host genus name in reference: 
Caranx
Host species name in reference: 
crysos
Host identification method: 
Morphology

DETAILS

Effect on host: 
Parasite
Dead of the host for high prevalence
Localisation on host: 
Gill
Ectoparasite
Host stage infected: 
Adult
Period (years): 
1935

GEOLOCALISATION

Habitat origin: 
Aquarium
Name of site: 
New York Aquarium