''Myxobolus'' is a

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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

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, 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

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* '' Myxobolus acanthogobii'' Hoshina, 1952 * '' Myxobolus acanthopagri'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * ''

Myxobolus achmerovi ''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, 1966 * '' Myxobolus acutus'' (Fujita, 1912) * ''

Myxobolus adeli ''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 ...

'' Yurakhno & Ovcharenko, 2014 * ''

Myxobolus aeglefini ''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 ...

'' Auerbach, 1906 * ''

Myxobolus aisanensis ''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 aldrichetti'' Su & White, 1994 * ''

Myxobolus algonquinensis ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Reuss, 1906 * ''

Myxobolus diagrammae ''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 ...

'' Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1995 * '' Myxobolus diaphanus'' Fantham, Porter & Richardson, 1940 * ''

Myxobolus episquamalis ''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 ...

'' Egusa, Maeno & Sorimachi, 1990 * ''

Myxobolus etropli ''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 ...

'' Rajendran, Vijayan & Alavandi, 1998 * ''

Myxobolus exiguus ''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 ...

'' Thélohan, 1895 * ''

Myxobolus ganguli ''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, 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 ''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 girellae ''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 ...

'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * ''

Myxobolus gobii ''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 ...

'' Naidenova, 1975 * '' Myxobolus goensis'' Eiras & D'Souza, 2004 * ''

Myxobolus goreensis ''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 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 ''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 mahendrae ''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 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 ''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 ...

'' Bütschli, 1882 * ''

Myxobolus mugauratus ''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 ...

'' Landsberg & Lom, 1991 * '' Myxobolus mugcephalus'' (Narasimhamurti, 1980) * ''

Myxobolus mugchelo ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 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 ''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 percae'' Fantham, Porter & Richardson, 1939 * ''

Myxobolus perforata ''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 ...

'' Ali, Al-Rasheid, Sakran, Abdel-Baki & Abdel-Ghaffar, 2002 * ''

Myxobolus petenensis ''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 ...

'' Frey, Cone & Duobinis-Gray, 1998 * ''

Myxobolus petruschewskii ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * '' Myxobolus saranai'' (Tripathi, 1953) * ''

Myxobolus scleroperca ''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 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

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