Gadimyxa sphaerica
Species of marine parasite / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gadimyxa sphaerica is a species of parasitic myxozoan. Together with G. arctica and G. atlantica, they infect Gadus morhua and Arctogadus glacialis by developing coelozoically in bisporic plasmodia in their urinary systems. These 3 species' spores exhibit two morphological forms: wide and subspherical, being both types bilaterally symmetrical along the suture line. The wide spores have a mean width ranging from 7.5 to 10μm, respectively, while the subspherical ones range from 5.3-8μm in mean width. The subspherical forms of Gadimyxa are similar to Ortholinea, differing in the development of the spores and in the arrangement of the polar capsules.[1]
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Gadimyxa sphaerica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Myxosporea |
Order: | Bivalvulida |
Family: | Parvicapsulidae |
Genus: | Gadimyxa |
Species: | G. sphaerica |
Binomial name | |
Gadimyxa sphaerica Køie, Karlsbakk & Nylund, 2007 | |
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