Pathogenicity and host specificity of Labyrinthuloides haliotidis (Protozoa: Labyrinthomorpha), a parasite of juvenile abalone

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Bower, Susan M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; British Columbia; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-305; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-305

Infections with Labyrinthuloides haliotidis, an achlorophyllous, eucaryotic protist, were lethal to almost all juvenile abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana and Haliotis rufescens) less than 6 months of age in an abalone mariculture facility in British Columbia, Canada. In laboratory experiments, L. hali...