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Zostera noltii, Plasmodiophora bicaudata
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- ( Article history links: Zostera noltei
- Plasmodiophora bicaudata )
- ... that since wasting disease has become established in eelgrass beds, populations of overwintering Brent geese have declined in Europe?
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- Comment: Double hook
Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nominated at 18:47, 27 May 2013 (UTC).
- Started looking at references, "The condition is known as wasting disease,[3]," and this reference does not include this information. -68.107.136.227 (talk) 21:41, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
- "Plasmodiophora bicaudata is a marine fungal pathogen, an obligate parasite of seagrass (Zostera spp.) which causes wasting disease." I don't see a fungal vector anywhere in this; the taxobox (and name) seem to indicate this is a Rhizaria. Where in the lifecycle is a fungus located? -68.107.136.227 (talk) 21:50, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
- The taxonomy is confusing. Some authorities classify it as a fungus and some as a Rhizaria. I have added a taxonomy section to the article to clarify this. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:32, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
- It used to be a slime mould, apparently. However, slime molds are not monophyletic and the identities of individual taxa have been placed with evolutionarily related taxa. You cannot use a 1989 source for Rhizaria, it's too old, and for slime molds, also, too old. WoRMS cites their source calling it a fungus to a page that clearly labels it a protozoan, not a fungus, which were separate even in the old taxonomies, so WoRMS should not be used as a citation for this being a confusing taxonomy when their confusion is incorrect. -68.107.136.227 (talk) 05:35, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
- Also, hook is problematic. Eelgrass is the common name for Zostera species, but most commonly used, I believe, for Zostera marina, so it should not be used as the common name redirect for Z. noltei in this DYK. -68.107.136.227 (talk) 14:53, 30 May 2013 (UTC)