Ceratomyxa cutmorei

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

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

  • Gunter, Nicole L., Mieke AA Burger, and Robert D. Adlard. "Morphometric and molecular characterisation of four new Ceratomyxa species (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida: Ceratomyxidae) from fishes off Lizard Island, Australia." Folia Parasitologica 57.1 (2010): 1.


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