Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Infraphylum Rhabdophora > Class Litostomatea > Subclass Haptoria > Order Cyclotrichiida > Family Mesodiniidae > Genus Mesodinium

Mesodinium rubrum (Lohmann, 1908)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesodinium*	von Stein	accepted genus name
*Myrionecta*	Jankowski, 1976	synonym

Species group names

*Myrionecta rubra*	Lohmann, 1908	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
ecology source	Johnson, M.D., D.K. Stoecker & H.G. Marshall. (2013). Seasonal dynamics of Mesodinium rubrum in Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Plankton Research 35(4):877-893.
ecology source	Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
ecology source	Taylor, F.J.R.; Blackbourn, D.J.; Blackbourn, J. (1971). The red-water ciliate Mesodinium rubrum and its" incomplete symbionts": a review including new ultrastructural observations. Journal of the Fisheries Board of Canada. 28(3): 391-407.
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284(1860): 20170664.
ecology source	Johnson, M. D.; Beaudoin, D. J.; Laza-Martinez, A.; Dyhrman, S. T.; Fensin, E.; Lin, S.; Merculief, A.; Nagai, S.; Pompeu, M.; Setälä, O.; Stoecker, D. K. (2016). The Genetic Diversity of Mesodinium and Associated Cryptophytes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7.
ecology source	Gustafson, D. E.; Stoecker, D. K.; Johnson, M. D.; Van Heukelem, W. F.; Sneider, K. (2000). Cryptophyte algae are robbed of their organelles by the marine ciliate Mesodinium rubrum. Nature. 405(6790), 1049-1052.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Mesodinium rubrum (Lohmann, 1908). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232069