Hyalophysa chattoni

Hyalophysa chattoni is an apostome ciliate[1] of the order Apostomatida. The polymorphic symbiont is carried as an encysted phoront on the exoskeleton of few arthropods belonging to the subphylum Crustacea and undergoes metamorphosis during the host's premolt followed by various other life-cycle stages.[2][3]

Hyalophysa chattoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromista
Infrakingdom:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Order:	Apostomatida
Family:	Foettingeriidae
Genus:	Hyalophysa
Species:	H. chattoni
Binomial name
Hyalophysa chattoni Bradbury, 1966[1]

References

1. Phyllis Clarke Bradbury (1966). "The life cycle and morphology of the apostomatous ciliate, Hyalophysa chattoni n. g., n. sp". Journal of Protozoology. 13 (2): 209–225. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1966.tb01896.x.
2. Nora Rivaud (1988). "Prepalintomic metamorphosis in Hyalophysa chattoni (Ciliophora, Apostomatida): cytoplasmic ultrastructure". European Journal of Protistology. 24 (1): 30–39. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(88)80006-3. PMID 23195464.
3. Phyllis Clarke Bradbury; Stephen M. Hash; Faye Kucera Rogers; Steven H. Neptun; Limin Zhang (2013). "Conjugation in Hyalophysa chattoni Bradbury (Apostomatida): an adaptation to a symbiotic life cycle". European Journal of Protistology. 49 (4): 575–589. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2013.02.002. PMID 23706651.

Further reading

• Phyllis Clarke Bradbury (1966). "The fine structure of the mature tomite of Hyalophysa chattoni". Journal of Protozoology. 13 (4): 591–607. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1966.tb01969.x.
• Stephen C. Landers; Rex A. Treadaway; Jason W. Johnson; Rebecca N. Luckie (2001). "Food plaquette digestion in the ciliated protozoan Hyalophysa chattoni". Invertebrate Biology. 120 (2): 97–103. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2001.tb00114.x. JSTOR 3227109.