Collinia oregonensis
Collinia oregonensis is a species of parasitoid ciliates of the Colliniidae family. It is known to infect the krill Euphausia pacifica, Thysanoessa spinifera, and Thysanoessa gregaria off the coast of Oregon and Washington. It caused a mass mortality of E. pacifica in June 2001 at the base of Astoria Canyon.
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| Collinia oregonensis (Gómez-Gutiérrez, Peterson & Morado, 2006) | |
References
- "Discovery of a ciliate parasitoid of euphausiids off Oregon, USA: Collinia oregonensis n. sp. (Apostomatida: Colliniidae)" (PDF). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 71: 33–49. July 2006. doi:10.3354/dao071033.
- Gómez-Gutiérrez, Jaime (2003). "Mass mortality of krill caused by parasitoid ciliates". Comparative Study of the Population Dynamics, Secondary Productivity, and Reproductive Ecology of the Euphausiids Euphausia pacifica and Thysanoessa spinifera in the Oregon Upwelling Region (Ph.D.). Oregon State University. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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