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discovery of an opportunistic starfish pathogen, orchitophrya stellarum, in captive blue crabs, callinectes sapidus.histophagous scuticociliate infections were discovered in blue crabs, callinectes sapidus, held in research facilities at the virginia institute of marine science. ciliates were observed infecting every tissue examined including the gills, heart, muscle, hepatopancreas, and epidermis. hemolymph smears and histological tissue sections indicated a morphological similarity to mesanophrys chesapeakensis, the only recorded histophagous ciliate infecting blue crabs. however, subsequent analysis of the ...201323954308
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