Solenodinium (Chatton) Chatton, 1952

Holotype species: Solenodinium fallax Chatton

Description: Plasmodial intra- and extranuclear parasites of Radiolaria. Young stages form a hyaline globular cytoplasm with a dinokaryon. During growth, the cytoplasm protrudes finger-like ramifying cytoplasmic projections into the host. During this process, the nucleus divides repeatedly without cytoplasmic division. The parasite perforates the nuclear envelope of the host and grows into the endoplasm of the host. Finally, the cytoplasm fragments into mononucleated parts forming spores, generally macro- and microspores, either Gymnodinium- or Gyrodinium-like. Fate of the spores unknown. The nucleus is like that of Syndinium Chatton as is also the life cycle; therefore, some authors regard this taxon only as a subgenus of Syndinium. Parasites of marine Collodaria and Sphaerellaria (Radiolaria).

Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2013-04-29 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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