Ceratomyxa hooperi

Ceratomyxa hooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Myxozoa
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.[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., Christopher M. Whipps, and Robert D. Adlard. "Ceratomyxa (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida): Robust taxon or genus of convenience?." International Journal for Parasitology 39.12 (2009): 1395-1405.


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