Kudoa whippsi
| Kudoa whippsi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Myxosporea |
| Order: | Multivalvulida |
| Family: | Kudoidae |
| Genus: | Kudoa |
| Species: | K. whippsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Kudoa whippsi Burger & Adlard, 2009 | |
Kudoa whippsi is a myxosporean parasite of marine fishes, first discovered in Australia from 8 pomacentrid species and 1 apogonid species.[1]
References
- ↑ Burger, M. A. A.; Adlard, R. D. (2009). "Four new species of KudoaMeglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Australia with recommendations for species descriptions in the Kudoidae". Parasitology 137 (05): 793. doi:10.1017/S0031182009991557. ISSN 0031-1820.
Further Reading
- Heiniger, Holly, Thomas H. Cribb, and Robert D. Adlard. "Intra-specific variation of Kudoa spp.(Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from apogonid fishes (Perciformes), including the description of two new species, K. cheilodipteri n. sp. and K. cookii n. sp., from Australian waters." Systematic parasitology84.3 (2013): 193-215.
- Miller, T. L., and R. D. Adlard. "Unicapsula species (Myxosporea: Trilosporidae) of Australian marine fishes, including the description of Unicapsula andersenae n. sp. in five teleost families off Queensland, Australia." Parasitology research 112.8 (2013): 2945-2957.
- Griffin, Matt, et al. "Kudoa thunni from blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) harvested off the island of St. Kitts, West Indies." Journal of Parasitology100.1 (2014): 110-116.
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