Kudoa whippsi

{{short description|Parasite}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Kudoa whippsi | authority = Burger & Adlard, 2009 }}

'''''Kudoa whippsi''''' is a myxosporean parasite of marine fishes, first discovered in Australia from 8 pomacentrid species and 1 apogonid species.<ref name="BurgerAdlard2009">{{cite journal|last1=Burger|first1=M. A. A.|last2=Adlard|first2=R. D.|title=Four new species of KudoaMeglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Australia with recommendations for species descriptions in the Kudoidae|journal=Parasitology|volume=137|issue=5|year=2009|pages=793–814|issn=0031-1820|doi=10.1017/S0031182009991557|pmid=20025820|s2cid=36639718}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *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 parasitology84.3 (2013): 193–215. *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 Parasitology100.1 (2014): 110–116.

==External links== *{{EOL|21359826|Kudoa whippsi}}

Category:Kudoidae Category:Parasitic animals of fish Category:Veterinary parasitology Category:Animals described in 2009