Epibiotic suctorians and enigmatic ecto and endoparasitoid dinoflagellates of euphausiid eggs (Euphausiacea) at Oregon, USA
We discovered euphausiid eggs infested with epibiotic suctorian ciliates (Ephelotidae), with ectoparasitoid blastodinian dinoflagellates (Chytriodinium sp.), and infected with unidentified endoparasitoid syndinian-like dinoflagellates. The discovery of two parasitoid protists suggests a significant...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | Instituto Politécnico Nacional |
| Repositório: | Repositorio Digital del IPN |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx:123456789/13279 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx/handle/123456789/13279 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Biomass production parasitoids parasites Oregon eufáusidos |
| Resumo: | We discovered euphausiid eggs infested with epibiotic suctorian ciliates (Ephelotidae), with ectoparasitoid blastodinian dinoflagellates (Chytriodinium sp.), and infected with unidentified endoparasitoid syndinian-like dinoflagellates. The discovery of two parasitoid protists suggests a significant source of embryonic mortality and a potential control on euphausiid larval recruitment rates. |
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