Collinia oregonensis

Collinia oregonensis
	SEM image of Collinia oregonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Order:	Apostomatida
Family:	Colliniidae
Genus:	Collinia
Species:	C. oregonensis
Binomial name
	Collinia oregonensis; Gómez-Gutiérrez, Peterson & Morado, 2006

Collinia oregonensis is a species of parasitoid ciliates of the Colliniidae family. It is known to infect the krill Euphausia pacifica, Thysanoessa spinifera, and Thysanoessa gregaria off the coast of Oregon and Washington. It caused a mass mortality of E. pacifica in June 2001 at the base of Astoria Canyon.

References

Gómez-Gutiérrez, J.; Peterson, WT; Morado, JF (July 2006). "Discovery of a ciliate parasitoid of euphausiids off Oregon, USA: Collinia oregonensis n. sp. (Apostomatida: Colliniidae)" (PDF). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 71 (1): 33–49. doi:10.3354/dao071033. PMID 16921999.
Gómez-Gutiérrez, Jaime (2003). "Mass mortality of krill caused by parasitoid ciliates". Comparative Study of the Population Dynamics, Secondary Productivity, and Reproductive Ecology of the Euphausiids Euphausia pacifica and Thysanoessa spinifera in the Oregon Upwelling Region (Ph.D.). Oregon State University. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

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