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Ellobiopsis

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Class
  
Ellobiopsea

Family
  
Ellobiopsidae

Phylum
  
Dinozoa

Order
  
Ellobiopsida

Rank
  
Genus

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Ellobiopsis is a genus of alveolate parasitic eukaryotes.

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This genus was created in 1910 by Caullery. Species in this genus infect crustaceans.

The type species is Ellobiopsis chattoni.

Taxonomy

This genus has been difficult to classify, being placed in several different taxa in the past (e.g., Chytridiomycota, Dinoflagellata) but it is now known to be an alveolate. Its closest relations appear to be the genus Thalassomyces. These genera have been grouped together to form the family Ellobiopsidae.

Host records

  • E. chattonii - Acartia clausi, Calanus helgolandica, Calanus finmarchicus, Centropages typicus, Clausocalanus arcuicornis, Ctenocalanus vanus, Euchaeta marina, Euchaeta wolfendeni, Metridia longa, Pleuromamma gracilis, Pleuromamma borealis, Portunus pelagicus, Pseudocalanus elongatus, Pseudocalanus minutus, Undinula vulgaris
  • E. elongata - Clausocalanus arcuicornis, Ctenocalanus vanus, Cosmocalanus darwini, Euchaeta marina, Gaetanus antarcticus, Gaetanus curvicornis, Penaeopsis retacuta
  • E. fagei - Clausocalanus arcuicornis

    • References

    Ellobiopsis Wikipedia
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