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

Ceratomyxa hooperi is a myxosporean parasite that infects gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef. It was first found on Epinephelus quoyanus.

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. S2CID 21039994.

Further reading

• Gunter, Nicole L.; Whipps, Christopher M.; Adlard, Robert D. (2009). "Ceratomyxa (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida): Robust taxon or genus of convenience?". International Journal for Parasitology. 39 (12): 1395–1405. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.008. PMID 19460381.

External links

• "Ceratomyxa hooperi". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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