Biology:Ceratomyxa cutmorei

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of marine parasite

Ceratomyxa cutmorei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Myxosporea
Order: Bivalvulida
Family: Ceratomyxidae
Genus: Ceratomyxa
Species:
C. cutmorei
Binomial name
Ceratomyxa cutmorei
Gunter & Adlard, 2009

Ceratomyxa cutmorei is a myxosporean parasite that infects gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef. It was first found on Epinephelus fasciatus.[1]

References

  1. Gunter, Nicole L.; Adlard, Robert D. (2009). "Seven new species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxozoa) from the gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia". Systematic Parasitology 73 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1007/s11230-008-9162-6. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 19337855. 

Further reading

  • Gunter, Nicole L.; Burger, Mieke AA; Adlard, Robert D. (2010). "Morphometric and molecular characterisation of four new Ceratomyxa species (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida: Ceratomyxidae) from fishes off Lizard Island, Australia". Folia Parasitologica 57 (1): 1–10. doi:10.14411/fp.2010.001. PMID 20449994. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q24915481 entry