Biology:Kudoa gunterae
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Short description: Species of marine parasite
Kudoa gunterae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Myxosporea |
Order: | Multivalvulida |
Family: | Kudoidae |
Genus: | Kudoa |
Species: | K. gunterae
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Binomial name | |
Kudoa gunterae Burger & Adlard, 2009
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Kudoa gunterae is a myxosporean parasite of marine fishes, first discovered in Australia from 10 pomacentrid species and 1 apogonid species.[1]
References
Further reading
- Miller, T. L., and R. D. Adlard. "Unicapsula species (Myxosporea: Trilosporidae) of Australian marine fishes, including the description of Unicapsula andersenae n. sp. in five teleost families off Queensland, Australia." Parasitology research 112.8 (2013): 2945-2957.
- Griffin, Matt, et al. "Kudoa thunni from blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) harvested off the island of St. Kitts, West Indies." Journal of Parasitology 100.1 (2014): 110-116.
- Heiniger, Holly, Thomas H. Cribb, and Robert D. Adlard. "Intra-specific variation of Kudoa spp.(Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from apogonid fishes (Perciformes), including the description of two new species, K. cheilodipteri n. sp. and K. cookii n. sp., from Australian waters." Systematic parasitology 84.3 (2013): 193-215.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q22285501 entry