Genus Hematodinium Chatton & Poisson, 1930

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Regional Maps

• Hematodinium Chatton, E. & Poisson, R. 1930. Sur l'existence, dans le sang des crabes, de péridiniens parasites: Hematodinium perezi n.g., n.sp. (Syndinidae). Comptes Rendus Memorias de la Société Biologie Paris 105: 553-557 1 text-fig.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1799) [TRAPEZIIDAE] Blue Coral Crab (syn. T. coerulea; gill); Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766) [PORTUNIDAE] Sand Crab (hemolymph)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Hematodinium have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Hudson, D.A., Hudson, N.B. & Shields, J.D. 1993. Infection of Trapezia spp. (Decapoda: Xanthidae) by Hematodinium sp. (Duboscquodinida: Syndinidae): a new family record of infection. Journal of Fish Diseases 16: 273-276

Hudson, D.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. PCR techniques applied to Hematodinium spp. and Hematodinium-like dinoflagellates in decapod crustaceans. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 20: 203-206

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