Kudoa gunterae

Kudoa gunterae is a myxosporean parasite of marine fishes, first discovered in Australia from 10 pomacentrid species and 1 apogonid species.[1]

Kudoa gunterae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Myxosporea
Order: Multivalvulida
Family: Kudoidae
Genus: Kudoa
Species:
K. gunterae
Binomial name
Kudoa gunterae
Burger & Adlard, 2009

References
  1. 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 (5): 793–814. doi:10.1017/S0031182009991557. ISSN 0031-1820. PMID 20025820. S2CID 36639718.

Further reading
  • 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 Parasitology 100.1 (2014): 110-116.
  • 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 parasitology 84.3 (2013): 193-215.


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