Myxodinium Cachon, Cachon & Bouquaheux, 1970

Holotype species: Myxodinium pipiens Cachon, Cachon & Bouquaheux

Description: Marine ectoparasitic dinoflagellate of Halosphaera Schmitz (Prasinophyceae). Infectious Gymnodinium-like dinospore settles on the phycoma of the host, developing a distinct cyst wall. This stage has no flagella, but cingulum and sulcus persist. From the region of their junction, a feeding tube extends to the host, perforating its cell wall to the cytoplasm. This is sucked out including the chloroplasts. After termination of food uptake, immediately repeated nuclear and cytoplasmic division starts, resulting in the formation of many sporocytes which are enclosed in a secondary cyst wall. These produce dinospores which may be microspores or macrospores. The fate of the macrospores is unknown, and in experiments, of about 10 days, few microspores reinfected new hosts. Nucleus is a typical dinokaryon with about 40 chromosomes. Ectoparasites of marine Prasinophyceae.

Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2013-04-21 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 April 2024