 in host "Nephrops norvegicus"

One particular species with a known life cycle is the unnamed "Hematodinium" parasite taken from host "Nephrops norvegicus".Appleton and Vickerman’s (1998) "in vitro" experiments describe the fusion of macrodinospores and microdinospores to produce filamentous trophonts that form colonies known as ‘Gorgonlocks.’ Next, these Gorgonlocks either progress into ‘clump’ colonies, or they become an interconnected plasmodial colony known as an arachnoid trophont.The arachnoid trophont enlarges to form an arachnoid sporont, which enters sporogony to produce sporoblasts.