Hematodinium perezi

Hematodinium perezi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Peridiniales
Family: Syndiniaceae
Genus: Hematodinium
Species: H. perezi
Binomial name
Hematodinium perezi
Chatton & Poisson, 1931

Hematodinium perezi is an internal dinoflagellate parasite that infects blue crabs and causes bitter crab disease.[1] H. perezi is the type species of the genus Hematodinium.

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