On a Fungus Allied to the Saprolegniaceæ found in the Pea-Crab Pinnotheres
- 11 May 1929
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 16 (1), 203-219
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400029775
Abstract
A fungus, most probably allied to the Saprolegniacese, has been found infecting Pinnotheres. Pea-crabs so infected always die, but there is not as yet sufficient evidence to determine whether the fungus is pathogenic or only invades tissue which has been destroyed by parasitic bacteria. Although having the general characters of the family it apparently differs from all members so far described in that it occurs in a marine invertebrate and is almost entirely internal in habit, the zoosporangia occurring within the tissue of the host.Keywords
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