Myxobolus

{{Short description|Genus of marine parasites}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Mspinacurvatura.jpg | image_caption = ''Myxobolus spinacurvatura'', a species of Myxobolus | taxon = Myxobolus | authority = Bütschli, 1882 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = * ''Myxosoma'' Theolan, 1892 * ''Lentospora'' Plehn, 1905 * ''Facieplatycaudata'' Wyatt, 1979 }}

'''''Myxobolus''''' is a genus of myxozoa that includes important parasites of fish<ref name="FallKpatcha2014">{{cite journal|last1=Fall|first1=M.|last2=Kpatcha|first2=K.P.|last3=Diebakate|first3=C.|last4=Faye|first4=N.|last5=Toguebaye|first5=B.S|title=Observations sur des myxosporidies (Myxozoa) du genre ''Myxobolus'' parasites de ''Mugil cephalus'' (Poisson, Téléostéen) du Sénégal|journal=Parasite|volume=4|issue=2|year=1997|pages=173–180|issn=1252-607X|doi=10.1051/parasite/1997042173|url=http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1997/02/parasite1997042p173/parasite1997042p173.html|doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref> like ''Myxobolus cerebralis''. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of ''Myxobolus'' species were previously thought to be different organisms entirely, but are now united in this group. Some fish species, such as the thicklip grey mullet, can harbour a dozen ''Myxobolus'' species.<ref name="Guimarães2023">{{cite journal | last1=Guimarães | first1=José | last2=Casal | first2=Graça | last3=Alves | first3=Ângela | last4=Araújo | first4=Catarina | last5=Rocha | first5=Sónia | title=Myxozoan survey of thicklip grey mullet ''Chelon labrosus'' reinforces successful radiation of ''Myxobolus'' in mugiliform hosts | journal=Parasite | volume=30 | year=2023 | doi=10.1051/parasite/2023029 | page=26| pmc=10318956 }} {{open access}}</ref>

One of the smallest species (''Myxobolus shekel'') is no more than {{cvt|8.5|μm|mm}} when fully grown, making it the smallest known animal.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Two new species of Myxobolus (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) infecting an Indian major carp and a cat fish in wetlands of Punjab, India | pmc=3235390 | pmid=23024499 | doi=10.1007/s12639-011-0061-4 | volume=35 | year=2011 | journal=J Parasit Dis | pages=169–76 | last1 = Kaur | first1 = H | last2 = Singh | first2 = R| issue=2 }}</ref>

==Species== Source: World Register of Marine Species<ref name="WoRMS">{{WoRMS|year=2018|title=''Myxobolus'' Bütschli, 1882|id=120290|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref>

{{Div col}} * ''Myxobolus acanthogobii'' Hoshina, 1952 * ''Myxobolus acanthopagri'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * ''Myxobolus achmerovi'' Shulman, 1966 * ''Myxobolus acutus'' (Fujita, 1912) * ''Myxobolus adeli'' Yurakhno & Ovcharenko, 2014 * ''Myxobolus aeglefini'' Auerbach, 1906 * ''Myxobolus aisanensis'' Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998 * ''Myxobolus aldrichetti'' Su & White, 1994 * ''Myxobolus algonquinensis'' Xiao & Desser, 1997 *''Myxobolus aligarhensis'' Bhatt & Siddiqui, 1964 * ''Myxobolus anatolicus'' Pekmezci, Yardimci, Yilmaz & Polat, 2014 * ''Myxobolus arabicus'' Kardousha & El-Tantawy, 2002 * ''Myxobolus asymmetricus'' (Parisi, 1912) *''Myxobolus aureatus'' Ward, 1919 * ''Myxobolus balantiocheili'' Levsen, Alvik & Grotmol, 2004 * ''Myxobolus bartoni'' Kalavati, Brickle & MacKenzie, 2000 * ''Myxobolus baskai'' Molnár, Székely, Mohamed & Shaharom-Harrison, 2006 * ''Myxobolus bilineatum'' Bond, 1938 * ''Myxobolus bizerti'' Bahri & Marques, 1996 * ''Myxobolus branchialis'' (Markewitsch, 1932) * ''Myxobolus braziliensis'' Casal, Matos & Azevedo, 1996 * ''Myxobolus cephalus'' Iverson, Chitty & Van Meter, 1971 * ''Myxobolus chengkiangensis'' Ma, 1998 * ''Myxobolus cheni'' Shulman, 1962 * ''Myxobolus chiungchowensis'' Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998 * ''Myxobolus conei'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * ''Myxobolus cultus'' Yokoyama, Ogawa & Wakabayashi, 1995 * ''Myxobolus cuneus'' Adriano, Arana & Cordeiro, 2006 * ''Myxobolus cyprinicola'' Reuss, 1906 * ''Myxobolus diagrammae'' Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1995 * ''Myxobolus diaphanus'' Fantham, Porter & Richardson, 1940 * ''Myxobolus episquamalis'' Egusa, Maeno & Sorimachi, 1990 * ''Myxobolus etropli'' Rajendran, Vijayan & Alavandi, 1998 * ''Myxobolus exiguus'' Thélohan, 1895 * ''Myxobolus ganguli'' Sarkar, Haldar & Chakraborti, 1982 * ''Myxobolus gayerae'' Molnar, Marton, Eszterbauer & Szekely, 2007 * ''Myxobolus ginbuna'' Kato, Kasai, Tomochi, Li & Sato, 2017 * ''Myxobolus girellae'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * ''Myxobolus gobii'' Naidenova, 1975 * ''Myxobolus goensis'' Eiras & D'Souza, 2004 * ''Myxobolus goreensis'' Fall, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1997 * ''Myxobolus grandiintercapsularis'' Shulman, 1962 * ''Myxobolus hani'' Faye, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Fall & Toguebaye, 1999 * ''Myxobolus hannensis'' Fall, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1997 * ''Myxobolus hudsonis'' (Bond, 1938) * ''Myxobolus hypseleotris'' Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998 * ''Myxobolus ichkeulensis'' Bahri & Marques, 1996 * ''Myxobolus improvisus'' Izyumova in Shulman, 1966 * ''Myxobolus inflatus'' Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998 * ''Myxobolus insidiosus'' Wyatt & Pratt, 1963 * ''Myxobolus klamathellus'' Atkinson & Banner, 2016 * ''Myxobolus lalithakumarii'' Gunter & Adlard, 2010 * ''Myxobolus latipinnacola'' Wold & Iversen, 1978 * ''Myxobolus lintoni'' Gurley, 1893 * ''Myxobolus longi'' Eiras, Molnar & Lu, 2005 * ''Myxobolus macropodusi'' (Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998) * ''Myxobolus mahendrae'' Sarkar, 1986 * ''Myxobolus merlucii'' (Perugia, 1891) * ''Myxobolus mexicanus'' Yoshino & Noble, 1973 * ''Myxobolus monopterus'' (Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998) * ''Myxobolus muelleri'' Bütschli, 1882 * ''Myxobolus mugauratus'' Landsberg & Lom, 1991 * ''Myxobolus mugcephalus'' (Narasimhamurti, 1980) * ''Myxobolus mugchelo'' Landsberg & Lom, 1991 * ''Myxobolus mugilis'' (Perugia, 1891) * ''Myxobolus mystusius'' Sarkar, 1986 * ''Myxobolus narasii'' (Narasimhamurti, 1970) * ''Myxobolus neurophilus'' (Guilford, 1963) * ''Myxobolus nile'' Eiras, Molnar & Lu, 2005 * ''Myxobolus ophicephali'' Bhatt & Siddiqui, 1964 * ''Myxobolus pangasii'' Molnár, Székely, Mohamed & Shaharom-Harrison, 2006 * ''Myxobolus paratoyamai'' Kato, Kasai, Tomochi, Li & Sato, 2017 * ''Myxobolus parenzani'' Landsberg & Lom, 1991 * ''Myxobolus parvus'' Shulman, 1962 * ''Myxobolus percae'' Fantham, Porter & Richardson, 1939 * ''Myxobolus perforata'' Ali, Al-Rasheid, Sakran, Abdel-Baki & Abdel-Ghaffar, 2002 * ''Myxobolus petenensis'' Frey, Cone & Duobinis-Gray, 1998 * ''Myxobolus petruschewskii'' Zhukov, 1964 * ''Myxobolus pleuronectidae'' Hahn, 1917 * ''Myxobolus purkynjei'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * ''Myxobolus raibauti'' Fall, Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1997 * ''Myxobolus rhinogobii'' Chen in Chen & Ma, 1998 * ''Myxobolus rhodei'' Lom & Dyková, 1994 * ''Myxobolus saranai'' (Tripathi, 1953) * ''Myxobolus scleroperca'' (Guilford, 1963) * ''Myxobolus shekel'' <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kaur |first1=H. |last2=Singh |first2=R. |title=Two new species of Myxobolus (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) infecting an Indian major carp and a cat fish in wetlands of Punjab, India |pmc=3235390 |pmid=23024499 |doi=10.1007/s12639-011-0061-4 |volume=35 |issue=2 |year=2011 |journal=Journal of Parasitic Diseases |pages=169–176}}</ref> * ''Myxobolus spinacurvatura'' Maeno, Sorimachi, Ogawa & Egusa, 1990 * ''Myxobolus spirosulcatus'' Maeno, Sorimachi, Ogawa & Kearn, 1995 * ''Myxobolus stomum'' Ali, Abdel-Baki, Sakran, Entzeroth & Abdel-Ghaffar, 2003 * ''Myxobolus subtecalis'' (Bond, 1938) * ''Myxobolus tanakai'' Kato, Kasai, Tomochi, Li & Sato, 2017 * ''Myxobolus tapajosi'' Zatti, Atkinson, Maia, Correa, Bartholomew & Adriano, 2018 * ''Myxobolus tripterygii'' (Laird, 1953) * ''Myxobolus vanivilasae'' Seenappa & Manohar, 1980 {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q6949359}}

Category:Cnidaria genera Category:Myxobolidae