Fish invading dinoflagellates: a synopsis of existing and newly proposed genera.

Article Link:
Fish invading dinoflagellates: a synopsis of existing and newly proposed genera.

Authors:
J. Lom
Journal:
Folia parasitol 28 (1981): 3-11.

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 problem for stressed out captive fish.

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