Ceratomyxa whippsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Myxosporea |
Order: | Bivalvulida |
Family: | Ceratomyxidae |
Genus: | Ceratomyxa |
Species: | C. whippsi |
Binomial name | |
Ceratomyxa whippsi Gunter & Adlard, 2009 |
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.
References
- 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
- 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.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Ceratomyxa whippsi |
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