| Perkinsus marinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Class: | Perkinsea |
| Order: | Perkinsida |
| Family: | Perkinsidae |
| Genus: | Perkinsus |
| Species: | P. marinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Perkinsus marinus (Mackin, Owen & Collier) Levine 1978
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Perkinsus marinus is a species of alveolate belonging to the phylum Perkinsozoa.[1] It is similar to a dinoflagellate.[1][2] It is known as a prevalent pathogen of oysters, causing massive mortality in oyster populations. The disease it causes is known as dermo or perkinsosis, and is characterized by the degradation of oyster tissues.[3] The genome of this species has been sequenced.[4]
The species originally was named Dermocystidium marinum by Mackin, Owen and Collier in 1950.[5]
- ^ a b Joseph, S., et al. (2010). The alveolate Perkinsus marinus: biological insights from EST gene discovery. BMC Genomics 11(1), 228.
- ^ Saldarriaga, J. F., et al. (2003). Multiple protein phylogenies show that Oxyrrhis marina and Perkinsus marinus are early branches of the dinoflagellate lineage. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53(1), 355-65.
- ^ Bower, S. M. Synopsis of infectious diseases and parasites of commercially exploited shellfish: Perkinsus marinus ("dermo" disease) of oysters. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2011.
- ^ Perkinsus marinus Genome Report. National Center for Biotechnology Information.
- ^ Mackin, J.G.; Owen, H.M.; Collier, A. (1950). "Preliminary Note on the Occurrence of a New Protistan Parasite, Dermocystidium marinum n. sp. in Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin)". Science. 111 (2883): 328–329. doi:10.1126/science.111.2883.328. PMID 17791737.