Apodinium floodi
| Apodinium floodi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Blastodiniales |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Apodinium |
| Species: | A. floodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Apodinium floodi & , 1990
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Apodinium floodi is an ectoparasitic dinoflagellate found in the vicinity of northwest Washington, USA. Its host is the sea squirt . Trophozoites of A. floodi are encased by membrane and divisions of young trophozoites produce a single file of sporogenic cells. Divisions occur perpendicular to this axis, and eventually the spores are produced. A. floodi attaches to its host with a peduncle, which it penetrates into the larvacean tunicate's musculature, reaching the notochord. Two principle rhizoids penetrate the outer region of the notochord, presumably to absorb nutrients from O. labradoriensis blood.[1]
References[]
- ^ McLean, N. and C. Galt. 1990. Apodinium floodi n.sp., a dinoflagellate (Dinoflagellata: Apodinidae) ectoparasitic on Oikopleura labradoriensis (Urochordata: Larvacea). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 9: 213-219. ISSN 0177-5103 doi:10.3354/dao009213
Categories:
- Dinoflagellates
- Geography of Washington (state)