Parvilucifera sinerae (Alveolata, Myzozoa) is a Generalist Parasitoid of Dinoflagellates

Protist

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-260

  Garcés, Esther ^a   Alacid, Elisabet ^a   Bravo, Isabel ^b   Fraga, Santiago ^b   Figueroa, Rosa I ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía Subida a Radio Faro   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Dinoflagellates; Parasite.; Parvilucifera; Perkinsids

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLATA; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; MICROALGA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

ALVEOLATA; MICROALGAE; MICROSCOPY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

AKASHIWO; ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALVEOLATA; AMPHIDINIUM; APICOMPLEXA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; COOLIA; DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIS; FRAGILIDIUM; GAMBIERDISCUS; GONYAULAX; GYMNODINIUM; GYRODINIUM; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HETEROCAPSA; KARENIA; KARLODINIUM; KRYPTOPERIDINIUM; LEPIDODINIUM; MIOZOA; OSTREOPSIS; PARVILUCIFERA; PENTAPHARSODINIUM; PERKINSIDA; PHALACROMA; PROROCENTRUM; PROTOCERATIUM; PROTOPERIDINIUM; SCRIPPSIELLA; WOLOSZYNSKIA;

EID: 84876455229     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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