Perkinsus qugwadi Blackbourn, Bower & Meyer 2011
Publication Details
Perkinsus qugwadi Blackbourn, Bower & Meyer 2011
Published in: Blackbourn, J., Bower, S.M. & Meyer, G.R. (2011). Perkinsus qugwadi sp.nov. (incertae sedis), a pathogenic protozoan parasite of Japanese scallops, Patinopecten yessoensis, cultured in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76(5): 942-953, 31 figs.
Publication date: "February 2011"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Perkinsus is Perkinsus marinus (Mackin, H.M.Owen & Collier) Levine.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Kanish Bay, west side of Quadra Island near north end (geographical position 50°159N, 125°209W, British Columbia, Canada." ; (Blackbourn & al. 2011: 943) Notes: "TYPE MATERIAL: Specimens (a hapantotype series) have been deposited in the Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada, specimen Nos. CMNPA 1997-0087 to 0089 inclusive. Specimen numbers correspond to the following material from parasitized P. yessoensis: histological sections (stained with haematoxylin and eosin) of a scallop with only trophozoite stages (No. CMNPA1997-0087), histological sections (stained with haematoxylin and eosin) of a scallop with trophozoites, zoosporangia, and zoospores (No. CMNPA 1997-0088), and gonad imprints (stained with a commercial modification of the Wright–Giemsa stain) containing zoospores (No. CMNPA 1997-0089)."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 December 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 November 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
