Ceratomyxa hooperi

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]

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

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. PMID 19337855.

Further reading

  • Gunter, Nicole L.; Whipps, Christopher M.; Adlard, Robert D. (2009). "Ceratomyxa (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida): Robust taxon or genus of convenience?". International Journal for Parasitology. 39 (12): 1395–1405. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.008.


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