Ellobiopsis

Ellobiopsis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Superphylum:
Myzozoa
Phylum:
Dinozoa
Class:
Ellobiopsea
Order:
Ellobiopsida
Family:
Ellobiopsidae
Genus:
Ellobiopsis

Caullery, 1910
Species

Ellobiopsis caridarum
Ellobiopsis chattonii
Ellobiopsis elongata
Ellobiopsis eupraxiae
Ellobiopsis fagei
Ellobiopsis racemosus

Ellobiopsis is a genus of unicellular, ectoparasitic eukaryotes causing disease in crustaceans.[1] This genus is widespread and has been found infecting copepods from both marine and freshwater ecosystems.[2] parasitism has been seen to interfere with fertility in both sexes of copepods.[3][2]

  1. ^ Gómez F, López-García P, Nowaczyk A, Moreira D (2009). "The crustacean parasites Ellobiopsis Caullery, 1910 and Thalassomyces Niezabitowski, 1913 form a monophyletic divergent clade within the Alveolata". Syst. Parasitol. 74 (1): 65–74. doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9199-1. PMID 19633933. S2CID 3901878.
  2. ^ a b Shields, Jeffrey D. (1994). "The parasitic dinoflagellates of marine crustaceans". Annual Review of Fish Diseases. 4: 241–271. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.520.1367. doi:10.1016/0959-8030(94)90031-0.
  3. ^ Albaina, A.; Irigoien, X. (2006-04-01). "Fecundity limitation of Calanus helgolandicus, by the parasite Ellobiopsis sp". Journal of Plankton Research. 28 (4): 413–418. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbi129. ISSN 0142-7873.