Solenodinium densum

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Syndinea
Order: 
Syndiniales
Genus: 
Solenodinium
Species: 
densum
Authority: 
Hovasse & Brown 1953

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis_Genus: Solenodinium Chatton 1923. Intracapsular parasites of thalassicoles, forming digitated plasmodia invading the host endoplasma. V-shaped chromosome typical for Syndiniales during sporogenesis.

Diagnosis_Species: S. densus Hovasse & Brown 1953. Nuclei in the plasmodium are dense and arranged in 1-2 files within digitations. The host nucleus seems to be preserved from infection. Following steps as for S. leptotaenia.

Type species

The type species for this genus is Solenodinium fallax.

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type host: Thalassicolla pellucida
Tyoe locality: Aberdeen

Ecology

Substrate: endozoic
Salinity: marine

Life cycle

Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Symbiont: horizontal

Feeding behaviour

Parasitism
Osmotrophy

Mode of locomotion

Flagellum_spore:2

Reference(s)

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

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Thalassicolla pellucida Aberdeen
Hovasse R, Brown EM (1953) Contribution à la connaissance des radiolaires et de leurs parasites syndiniens. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Biologie Animale Tome XV:405-437.