Piscinoodinium, a fish-ectoparasitic dinoflagellate, is a member of the class Dinophyceae, subclass Gymnodiniphycidae: Convergent evolution with Amyloodinium

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1006-1015

  Levy, Michael G ^a   Litaker, R Wayne ^a,b   Goldstein, Robert J ^a,c   Dykstra, Michael J ^a   Vandersea, Mark W ^a,b   Noga, Edward J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Ocean Service   (United States)

^c Robert J Goldstein and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECTOPARASITE; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RELATEDNESS; SYMBIONT; TAXONOMY;

AMYLOODINIUM; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FISH DISEASE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PISCINOODINIUM;

ANIMALS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EVOLUTION; FISH DISEASES; KILLIFISHES; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; AMYLOODINIUM; BLASTODINIALES; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIALES; GYMNODINIUM; PERIDINIALES; PISCINOODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 36749033743     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3585.1     Document Type: Article

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