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IMAGE: Note: blue dots representing the type species--Hematodinium
perezi, red dots representing Hematodinium australis, pink dots representing the other unclassified Hematodinium species
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Credit: Marine Life Science & Technology
Announcing a new publication for
Marine Life Science & Technology journal. In this review article the authors Caiwen Li, Meng Li and Qian Huang from Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China consider the impact of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium on aquaculture of marine crustaceans in China.
Hematodinium is a type of parasitic dinoflagellate that infects marine crustaceans globally. The parasite lives mainly in the hemolymph or hemocoels of affected hosts, and results in mortalities due to malfunction or loss of functions of major organs.