Biology:Ceratomyxa whippsi
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Short description: Species of marine parasite
| Ceratomyxa whippsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Myxosporea |
| Order: | Bivalvulida |
| Family: | Ceratomyxidae |
| Genus: | Ceratomyxa |
| Species: | C. whippsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratomyxa whippsi Gunter & Adlard, 2009
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Ceratomyxa whippsi is a myxosporean parasite that infects gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef. It was first found on Cephalopholis boenak.[1]
References
Further reading
- Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S., et al. "Morphology, seasonality and phylogenetic relationships of Ceratomyxa husseini n. sp. from the gall-bladder of Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Rüppell)(Perciformes: Serranidae) in the Persian Gulf off Saudi Arabia." Systematic parasitology 91.1 (2015): 91–99.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q24915503 entry
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