Ceratomyxa yokoyamai

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

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

  • Kalatzis, Panos G., Constantina Kokkari, and Pantelis Katharios. "Description and relationships of two novel species of Ceratomyxa Thelohan, 1892 infecting the gallbladders of Aulopiformes: Atlantic lizardfish Synodus saurus Linnaeus, 1758 and royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus Bloch, 1792 from Cretan Sea, Greece." Parasitology research 112.5 (2013): 2055-2061.


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