Scanning electron microscope study of dinospores of Amyloodinium of. ocellatum, a pathogenic dinoflagellate parasite of marine fish, and comments on its relationship to the Peridiniales

Trophonts of a parasitic dlnoflagellate were obtalned from the gills of feral and cultured red drum Sciaenops ocellatus and aquarium-housed sebae clownflsh Amphiprion clarku, Imperator Pomacanthus imperator, mandann goby Pterosynchiropus splend~dus and flame angelfish Centropyge loriculus. After incubation of tomonts, dinospores were studied by scanning electron microscopy.