Month: September 2018

Article Link: Managing velvet disease in marine fish hatcheries. Authors: Roberts-Thomson, Ashley. Journal: PhD Thesis, School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland. PDF Link Interesting that there’s a test for dino’s! Diagnosis of A. ocellatum has until recently relied on histology. To advance early detection of the parasite a PCR diagnostic was […]

Article Link: Fish invading dinoflagellates: a synopsis of existing and newly proposed genera. Authors: J. Lom Journal: Folia parasitol 28 (1981): 3-11. PDF Link Just quoting this nice description of Amyloodinium’s basic features. Notably, they have no chloroplasts, they do have thecal plates (armor). And at the time they were only known to be a […]