Solenodinium sp.

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Coccidiniales
Family: 
Syndiniaceae
Genus: 
Solenodinium
Species: 
sp.
Authority: 
Chatton, 1952

Diagnosis

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

Type species

Type species : The type species of the genus is Solenodinium fallax

Ecology

Substrate: endozoic
Salinity: marine

Life cycle

Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Symbiont: horizontal

Feeding behaviour

Parasitism
Osmotrophy

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

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Thalassicolla nucleata Bermuda
Gast RJ (2006) Molecular Phylogeny of a Potentially Parasitic Dinoflagellate Isolated from the Solitary Radiolarian, Thalassicolla nucleata. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53:43 - 45. doi: 10.1111/jeu.2006.53.issue-110.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00071.x