Ceratomyxa whippsi

Ceratomyxa whippsi is a myxosporean parasite that infects gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef. It was first found on Cephalopholis boenak.[1]

Ceratomyxa whippsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Myxosporea
Order: Bivalvulida
Family: Ceratomyxidae
Genus: Ceratomyxa
Species:
C. whippsi
Binomial name
Ceratomyxa whippsi
Gunter & Adlard, 2009

References

  1. Gunter, Nicole L.; Adlard, Robert D. (2009). "Seven new species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxozoa) from the gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia". Systematic Parasitology. 73 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1007/s11230-008-9162-6. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 19337855.

Further reading

  • Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S., et al. "Morphology, seasonality and phylogenetic relationships of Ceratomyxa husseini n. sp. from the gall-bladder of Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Rüppell)(Perciformes: Serranidae) in the Persian Gulf off Saudi Arabia." Systematic parasitology 91.1 (2015): 91–99.


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