Biology:Ceratomyxa yokoyamai
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Short description: Species of marine parasite
| Ceratomyxa yokoyamai | |
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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. yokoyamai
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratomyxa yokoyamai Gunter & Adlard, 2009
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Ceratomyxa yokoyamai is a myxosporean parasite that infects gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef. It was first found on Epinephelus maculatus.[1]
References
Further reading
- Kalatzis, Panos G., Constantina Kokkari, and Pantelis Katharios. "Description and relationships of two novel species of Ceratomyxa Thelohan, 1892 infecting the gallbladders of Aulopiformes: Atlantic lizardfish Synodus saurus Linnaeus, 1758 and royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus Bloch, 1792 from Cretan Sea, Greece." Parasitology research 112.5 (2013): 2055–2061.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q24915499 entry
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