Ceratomyxa brayi

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

Ceratomyxa brayi is a species of myxosporean parasites that infect gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef. It was first found on Cephalopholis boenak.[1]

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.

Further reading

  • Heiniger, Holly, and Robert D. Adlard. "Molecular identification of cryptic species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) including the description of eight novel species from apogonid fishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Australian waters." Acta Parasitologica 58.3 (2013): 342-360.


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