CAAE Pfiesteria/Microscopy Video Clips

Pfiesteria feeding on sterile fish cells ¹

Cytoplasmic extensions used as a
“feeding net” ²

Large egg yolk mass being ingested ²

Ingesting egg yolk particles with its peduncle ²

Cyclosis 1 ¹

Cyclosis 2 ¹

Gamete fusion ¹

¹Matthew Parrow, Ph.D. (Botany), 2003
Thesis: Feeding, reproduction, and sexuality in Pfiesteria spp. and cryptoperidiniopsoid estuarine
heterotrophic dinoflagellates

²Hayley Skelton, Ph.D. (MEAS; co-advisor, Dr. Dan Kamykowski), 2008
Thesis: Nutritional features and feeding behavior of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria shumwayae

CAAE Pfiesteria/Microscopy Video Clips

Pfiesteria feeding on sterile fish cells 1

Cytoplasmic extensions used as a “feeding net” 2

Large egg yolk mass being ingested 2

Ingesting egg yolk particles with its peduncle 2

Cyclosis 1 1

Cyclosis 2 1

Gamete fusion 1