Published by the International Society of Protistologists Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology ISSN 1066-5234 BOOK REVIEW Marine Protists: Diversity and Dynamics Ohtsuka, S., Suzaki, T., Horiguchi, T., Suzuki, N. & Diversity and Phylogeny of Marine Parasitic Dinoflagellates Not, F. (eds) (23 pp) Biology of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates (19 pp) 2016. Springer, Tokyo. 648 pp. Hardcover, ISBN Unusual Features of Dinokaryon, the Enigmatic Nucleus of 978-4-431-55129-4, $249. Dinoflagellates (23 pp) Taxonomy and Distribution of the Unarmored Dinoflagellates Cochlodinum polykrikoides and C. ful- doi:10.1111/jeu.12297 vescens (15 pp) Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP)–Producing Dinoflagellate This book appears with impeccable and PSP-Infested Organisms (29 pp) timing given the attention marine Biology and Paleontology of Coccolithophores (Hapto- protists are currently receiving. Until phytes) (19 ppp) recently, interest in the ecological Phaeodaria: Diverse Marine Cercozoans of World-Wide roles and diversity of marine protists Distribution (27 pp) appeared to have faded somewhat Biology and Ecology of Radiolaria (43 pp) compared to the booming years of Planktic Foraminifera (49 pp) the 1980s & 1990s. However things Planktonic Ciliates: Diverse Ecological Function in Seawater have changed considerably in the (33 pp) past few years. The advent of rela- Basal Lineages of Green Algae – Their Diversity and Phy- tively low cost high throughput logeny (17 pp) sequencing and results of the Tara Typical Features of Genomes in the Mamiellophyceae (21 pp) and Malaspina expeditions literally have put protists on the covers of Science and Nature. This book on marine protists, while not a comprehensive guide, brings us up to TOPICAL REVIEWS date on a large number of taxa and topics that have been Protistan Diversity in Environmental Molecular Surveys (19 occupying scientific headlines. pp) The editors complied a large volume (over 600 pages) Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes in Deep Sea Chemosyn- of 26 multiauthored chapters. In my view, the chapters thetic Ecosystems Illuminated by Molecular Techniques are of two sorts, either “Topical Reviews” or “Taxon-Spe- (15 pp) cific Reviews”. As one can see from the chapter titles Biology, Diversity and Ecology of Free-Living Heterotrophic given below, a large variety of taxa and topics, some gen- Flagellates (25 pp) eral and some quite specialized, are treated. The page Ecology and Distribution of Protists in Brackish Water lengths noted are indicative of the depth of treatment. For Lakes (11 pp) most of the chapters, the references appear to be up to Photosymbiosis in Marine Planktonic Protists (35 pp) date through 2014. Protist groups especially well covered Oldest Fossil Records of Marine Protists and the Geologic are rhizaria and dinoflagellates. The reviews of planktonic History Toward the Establishment of the Modern-Type foraminifera, radiolarians (including acantharians), and Marine Protist World (37 pp) phaeodarians are especially useful. Parasitic and symbiotic Interactions Between Harmful Algae and Algicidal and groups, often neglected, such as thraustochytrids, apos- Growth-Inhibiting Bacteria Associated with Seaweeds and tome ciliates, parasitic and symbiotic dinoflagellates, are Seagrasses (23 pp) the subjects of distinct chapters. Overall, the book is very Relationships Between Aquatic Protists and Humans (17 well produced with many color illustrations throughout. pp) While one might lament some notable ‘holes’ in the cover- Biology of Parasitic Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates: Para- age of marine protists (e.g., benthic foraminfera, ameba, sitoids of Diatoms (13 pp) benthic taxa in general), I believe most everyone working Marine Protist Viruses (17 pp) with marine taxa will want this book. Fish and Shellfish Diseases Caused by Marine Protists (17 pp) John R. Dolan TAXON-SPECIFIC REVIEWS Laboratoire d’Oceanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Biology of Symbiotic Apostome Ciliates: Their Diversity UMR 7093 CNRS/Sorbonne and Importance in the Aquatic Ecosystems (23 pp) Universites, UPMC Universite Paris 06, Station Zoologi- Diversity and Ecology of Thraustochytrid Protists in the que, Observatoire Marine Environment (15 pp) Oceanologique, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France © 2016 The Author(s) Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology © 2016 International Society of Protistologists 410 Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 2016, 63, 410.