Ectoparasitism by a dinoflagellate (Dinoflagellata: Oodinidae) on 5 ctenophores (Ctenophora) and a hydromedusa (Cnidaria)

Abstract

Oodinium sp. has been seen to parasitize Beroe abyssicola, Bolinopsis infundibulum, Euplokamis dunlapae, Dryodora glandiformis and Pleurobrachia bachei which represent three orders of the phylum Ctenophora, and the hydromedusa Euphysa sp. (phylum Cnidaria) in marine waters of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington State. -from Authors