Name - Orchitophrya stellarum

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:681082 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• Physiology of the ciliate Orchitophrya stellarum and its experimental infection of Leptasterias spp.
• Association and distribution of the ciliate Orchitophrya stellarum with asteriid sea stars on the west coast of North America.
• Discovery of an opportunistic starfish pathogen, Orchitophrya stellarum, in captive blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus.
• Experimental infections of Orchitophrya stellarum (Scuticociliata) in American blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) and fiddler crabs (Uca minax).
• Prevalence of the scuticociliate Orchitophrya stellarum in seastars from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

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