Association and distribution of the ciliate Orchitophrya stellarum with asteriid sea stars on the west coast of North America

• Published in: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
• Main Authors: Stickle, William B, Kozloff, Eugene N
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2008
• Subjects: Arago; Pigeon Point; Kodiak; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/biosci_pubs/4641; https://doi.org/10.3354/dao01917

The association of the scuticociliate Orchitophrya stellarum with 3 species of asteriid sea stars from the west coast of North America was studied by flushing the gonopore region with seawater and spawning the sea stars, along a latitudinal gradient of 2549 km between Pigeon Point, California, and K...