''Myxobolus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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. ...
that includes important parasites of fish
[ ] like ''
Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...
, 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. Some fish species, such as the
thicklip grey mullet
The thicklip grey mullet, ''Chelon labrosus'', is a coastal fish of the family Mugilidae. It typically is about long, with being the maximum recorded. It is named after its thick upper lip and silvery-grey appearance.
It is a common fish of s ...
, can harbour a dozen of ''Myxobolus'' species.
[ ]
Species
Source:
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
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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''
Bhatt & Siddiqui, 1964
* ''
Myxobolus anatolicus''
Pekmezci, Yardimci, Yilmaz & Polat, 2014
* ''
Myxobolus arabicus''
Kardousha & El-Tantawy, 2002
* ''
Myxobolus asymmetricus''
(Parisi, 1912)
*''
Myxobolus aureatus''
Ward, 1919
* ''
Myxobolus balantiocheili''
Levsen, Alvik & Grotmol, 2004
* ''
Myxobolus bartoni''
Kalavati, Brickle & MacKenzie, 2000
* ''
Myxobolus baskai''
Molnár, Székely, Mohamed & Shaharom-Harrison, 2006
* ''
Myxobolus bilineatum''
Bond, 1938
* ''
Myxobolus bizerti''
Bahri & Marques, 1996
* ''
Myxobolus branchialis''
(Markewitsch, 1932)
* ''
Myxobolus braziliensis''
Casal, Matos & Azevedo, 1996
* ''
Myxobolus cephalus''
Iverson, Chitty & Van Meter, 1971
* ''
Myxobolus chengkiangensis''
Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus cheni''
Shulman, 1962
* ''
Myxobolus chiungchowensis''
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''
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''
Bahri & Marques, 1996
* ''
Myxobolus improvisus''
Izyumova in Shulman, 1966
* ''
Myxobolus inflatus''
Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998
* ''
Myxobolus insidiosus''
Wyatt & Pratt, 1963
* ''
Myxobolus klamathellus''
Atkinson & Banner, 2016
* ''
Myxobolus lalithakumarii''
Gunter & Adlard, 2010
* ''
Myxobolus latipinnacola''
Wold & Iversen, 1978
* ''
Myxobolus lintoni''
Gurley, 1893
* ''
Myxobolus longi''
Eiras, Molnar & Lu, 2005
* ''
Myxobolus macropodusi''
(Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998)
* ''
Myxobolus mahendrae''
Sarkar, 1986
* ''
Myxobolus merlucii''
(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''
Sarkar, 1986
* ''
Myxobolus narasii''
(Narasimhamurti, 1970)
* ''
Myxobolus neurophilus''
(Guilford, 1963)
* ''
Myxobolus nile''
Eiras, Molnar & Lu, 2005
* ''
Myxobolus ophicephali''
Bhatt & Siddiqui, 1964
* ''
Myxobolus pangasii''
Molnár, Székely, Mohamed & Shaharom-Harrison, 2006
* ''
Myxobolus paratoyamai''
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''
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 shekel''
* ''
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, ''Mugil ...
''
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''
Kato, Kasai, Tomochi, Li & Sato, 2017
* ''
Myxobolus tapajosi''
Zatti, Atkinson, Maia, Correa, Bartholomew & Adriano, 2018
* ''
Myxobolus tripterygii''
(Laird, 1953)
* ''
Myxobolus vanivilasae''
Seenappa & Manohar, 1980
References
Cnidarian genera
Myxobolidae
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