''Myxobolus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
myxozoa
Myxozoa (etymology: Greek: μύξα ''myxa'' "slime" or "mucus" + thematic vowel o + ζῷον ''zoon'' "animal") is a subphylum of aquatic cnidarian animals – all obligate parasites. It contains the smallest animals ever known to have lived. O ...
that includes important parasites of fish
[ ] like ''
Myxobolus cerebralis
''Myxobolus cerebralis'' is a myxosporean parasite of salmonids (salmon and trout species) that causes whirling disease in farmed salmon and trout and also in wild fish populations. It was first described in rainbow trout in Germany in 1893, b ...
''. The genus is
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought to be different organisms entirely, but are now united in this group.
Species
Source:
World Register of Marine Species
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* ''
Myxobolus acanthogobii''
Hoshina, 1952
* ''
Myxobolus acanthopagri''
Lom & Dyková, 1994
* ''
Myxobolus achmerovi''
Shulman, 1966
* ''
Myxobolus acutus''
(Fujita, 1912)
* ''
Myxobolus adeli''
Yurakhno & Ovcharenko, 2014
* ''
Myxobolus aeglefini''
Auerbach, 1906
* ''
Myxobolus aisanensis''
Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus aldrichetti''
Su & White, 1994
* ''
Myxobolus algonquinensis''
Xiao & Desser, 1997
*''
Myxobolus aligarhensis
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Bhatt & Siddiqui, 1964
* ''
Myxobolus anatolicus
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Pekmezci, Yardimci, Yilmaz & Polat, 2014
* ''
Myxobolus arabicus''
Kardousha & El-Tantawy, 2002
* ''
Myxobolus asymmetricus''
(Parisi, 1912)
*''
Myxobolus aureatus''
Ward, 1919
* ''
Myxobolus balantiocheili
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Levsen, Alvik & Grotmol, 2004
* ''
Myxobolus bartoni
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Kalavati, Brickle & MacKenzie, 2000
* ''
Myxobolus baskai
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Molnár, Székely, Mohamed & Shaharom-Harrison, 2006
* ''
Myxobolus bilineatum
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Bond, 1938
* ''
Myxobolus bizerti
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Bahri & Marques, 1996
* ''
Myxobolus branchialis
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
(Markewitsch, 1932)
* ''
Myxobolus braziliensis
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Casal, Matos & Azevedo, 1996
* ''
Myxobolus cephalus
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Iverson, Chitty & Van Meter, 1971
* ''
Myxobolus chengkiangensis
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus cheni
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Shulman, 1962
* ''
Myxobolus chiungchowensis
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus conei''
Lom & Dyková, 1994
* ''
Myxobolus cultus''
Yokoyama, Ogawa & Wakabayashi, 1995
* ''
Myxobolus cuneus''
Adriano, Arana & Cordeiro, 2006
* ''
Myxobolus cyprinicola''
Reuss, 1906
* ''
Myxobolus diagrammae''
Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1995
* ''
Myxobolus diaphanus''
Fantham, Porter & Richardson, 1940
* ''
Myxobolus episquamalis''
Egusa, Maeno & Sorimachi, 1990
* ''
Myxobolus etropli''
Rajendran, Vijayan & Alavandi, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus exiguus''
Thélohan, 1895
* ''
Myxobolus ganguli''
Sarkar, Haldar & Chakraborti, 1982
* ''
Myxobolus gayerae
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Molnar, Marton, Eszterbauer & Szekely, 2007
* ''
Myxobolus ginbuna''
Kato, Kasai, Tomochi, Li & Sato, 2017
* ''
Myxobolus girellae''
Lom & Dyková, 1994
* ''
Myxobolus gobii''
Naidenova, 1975
* ''
Myxobolus goensis''
Eiras & D'Souza, 2004
* ''
Myxobolus goreensis''
Fall, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1997
* ''
Myxobolus grandiintercapsularis''
Shulman, 1962
* ''
Myxobolus hani''
Faye, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Fall & Toguebaye, 1999
* ''
Myxobolus hannensis''
Fall, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1997
* ''
Myxobolus hudsonis''
(Bond, 1938)
* ''
Myxobolus hypseleotris''
Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus ichkeulensis
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Bahri & Marques, 1996
* ''
Myxobolus improvisus''
Izyumova in Shulman, 1966
* ''
Myxobolus inflatus
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus insidiosus''
Wyatt & Pratt, 1963
* ''
Myxobolus klamathellus''
Atkinson & Banner, 2016
* ''
Myxobolus lalithakumarii''
Gunter & Adlard, 2010
* ''
Myxobolus lintoni
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Gurley, 1893
* ''
Myxobolus longi
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Eiras, Molnar & Lu, 2005
* ''
Myxobolus macropodusi''
(Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998)
* ''
Myxobolus mahendrae''
Sarkar, 1986
* ''
Myxobolus merlucii
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
(Perugia, 1891)
* ''
Myxobolus mexicanus''
Yoshino & Noble, 1973
* ''
Myxobolus monopterus''
(Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998)
* ''
Myxobolus muelleri''
Bütschli, 1882
* ''
Myxobolus mugauratus''
Landsberg & Lom, 1991
* ''
Myxobolus mugcephalus''
(Narasimhamurti, 1980)
* ''
Myxobolus mugchelo''
Landsberg & Lom, 1991
* ''
Myxobolus mugilis''
(Perugia, 1891)
* ''
Myxobolus mystusius
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Sarkar, 1986
* ''
Myxobolus narasii''
(Narasimhamurti, 1970)
* ''
Myxobolus neurophilus
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
(Guilford, 1963)
* ''
Myxobolus nile''
Eiras, Molnar & Lu, 2005
* ''
Myxobolus ophicephali''
Bhatt & Siddiqui, 1964
* ''
Myxobolus pangasii''
Molnár, Székely, Mohamed & Shaharom-Harrison, 2006
* ''
Myxobolus paratoyamai
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Kato, Kasai, Tomochi, Li & Sato, 2017
* ''
Myxobolus parenzani''
Landsberg & Lom, 1991
* ''
Myxobolus parvus''
Shulman, 1962
* ''
Myxobolus percae''
Fantham, Porter & Richardson, 1939
* ''
Myxobolus perforata''
Ali, Al-Rasheid, Sakran, Abdel-Baki & Abdel-Ghaffar, 2002
* ''
Myxobolus petenensis''
Frey, Cone & Duobinis-Gray, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus petruschewskii''
Zhukov, 1964
* ''
Myxobolus pleuronectidae''
Hahn, 1917
* ''
Myxobolus purkynjei''
Lom & Dyková, 1994
* ''
Myxobolus raibauti
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Fall, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1997
* ''
Myxobolus rhinogobii''
Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus rhodei''
Lom & Dyková, 1994
* ''
Myxobolus saranai''
(Tripathi, 1953)
* ''
Myxobolus scleroperca''
(Guilford, 1963)
* ''
Myxobolus spinacurvatura
''Myxobolus spinacurvatura'' is a species of Myxozoa in the family Myxobolidae, that inhabits the Mediterranean Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean. ''M. spinacurvatura'' is a parasitic Cnidarian that infects the Flathead grey mullet, ''Mugi ...
''
Maeno, Sorimachi, Ogawa & Egusa, 1990
* ''
Myxobolus spirosulcatus''
Maeno, Sorimachi, Ogawa & Kearn, 1995
* ''
Myxobolus stomum''
Ali, Abdel-Baki, Sakran, Entzeroth & Abdel-Ghaffar, 2003
* ''
Myxobolus subtecalis''
(Bond, 1938)
* ''
Myxobolus tanakai
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
Kato, Kasai, Tomochi, Li & Sato, 2017
* ''
Myxobolus tapajosi''
Zatti, Atkinson, Maia, Correa, Bartholomew & Adriano, 2018
* ''
Myxobolus tripterygii
''Myxobolus'' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought t ...
''
(Laird, 1953)
* ''
Myxobolus vanivilasae''
Seenappa & Manohar, 1980
References
Cnidarian genera
Myxobolidae
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