Kudoa kenti
Kudoa kenti is a myxosporean parasite of marine fishes, first discovered in Australia from 4 pomacentrid species.[1]
| Kudoa kenti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Myxosporea |
| Order: | Multivalvulida |
| Family: | Kudoidae |
| Genus: | Kudoa |
| Species: | K. kenti |
| Binomial name | |
| Kudoa kenti Burger & Adlard, 2009 | |
References
- 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. doi:10.1017/S0031182009991557. ISSN 0031-1820. PMID 20025820.
Further reading
- Griffin, Matt, et al. "Kudoa thunni from blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) harvested off the island of St. Kitts, West Indies." Journal of Parasitology100.1 (2014): 110-116.
- Mansour, Lamjed, et al. "Structural and molecular characterization of Kudoa quraishii n. sp. from the trunk muscle of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Perciforme, Scombridae) in Saudi Arabia coasts." Parasitology research 113.4 (2014): 1361-1370.
- 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.
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