Philaster

Philaster es un genere de protistos  del familia .

Le species Philaster lucinda e Philaster guamense es implicate in le necrose rapide del texito corallin ().Coral RTN parasitesM.J. Sweet, M.G. Séré, Ciliate communities consistently associated with coral diseases, Journal of Sea Research, Volume 113, 2016, Pages 119-131, ISSN 1385-1101, DOI:10.1016/j.seares.2015.06.008.

Un specie proxime de Philaster digitiformis es implicate in le mortalitate del ericio de mar Diadema antillarum.Ian Hewson et al., "A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea". Sci. Adv. 9, eadg3200 (2023). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adg3200https://www.netcost-security.fr/science/157177/resolu-le-mystere-de-la-mort-de-milliers-doursins-cest-la-cause-du-massacre/

Categoria:Chromista