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The Occurrence of Thalassomyces Fagei (Ellobiopsidae) in Euphausiids (Crustacea: Malacostraca) in the North–East Atlantic and Northern North Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

John W. Smith
John W. Smith
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Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland
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The ellobiopsid genus Thalassomyces is of uncertain systematic position, having been allied at various times with the fungi, algae and protozoa, and little is known of its biology. Discovery of a flagellate stage suggested to Gait & Whisler (1970) that the genus is a member of the achlorophyllous Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellata). T. fagei (Boschma, 1949) appears to be restricted to euphausiids (of which there are 85 valid species in 11 genera-see Mauchline & Fisher, 1969). According to Vader (1973), T. fagei has been recorded in different areas from various euphausiid species, i.e. in 11 (perhaps 12) species of Euphausia, two of Nycliphanes, three of Thysanoessa, and in Nematoscelis difficilis and M. novegica. Other Thalassomyces species are found in mysid, decapod and amphidpod crustaceans (Vader, 1973).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , November 1981 , pp. 995 - 999
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1981

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