Platysporina

Myxobolus spinacurvatura, from Anilocra.

Belongs within: Myxozoa.

The Platysporina are histozoic parasites of freshwater fish with polar capsules lying solely in the sutural plane of the bilaterally symmetrical spore.

<==Platysporina
    |--ThelohanellusKA01
    |    |--T. hovorkaiKA01
    |    `--T. nikolskiiKA01
    `--Myxobolus [incl. Henneguya]BAH03
         |  i. s.: M. carassiiKA01
         |         M. cottiKA01
         |         M. cultusKA01
         |         M. disparKA01
         |         ‘Henneguya’ lesteriKA01
         |         M. pavlovskiiKA01
         |         ‘Henneguya’ pelis Minchew 1977SBW95
         |         M. pfeifferiMS98
         |--+--+--M. osburniBAH03
         |  |  `--EchinactinomyxonKA01
         |  `--+--+--+--NeoactinomyxonKA01
         |     |  |  `--‘Henneguya’ dooriKA01
         |     |  `--+--‘Henneguya’ exilisBAH03 [incl. Aurantiactinomyxon janiszewskai KA01]
         |     |     `--+--‘Henneguya’ ictaluriBAH03
         |     |        `--AurantiactinomyxonKA01
         |     |             |--A. eiseniellaeMS98
         |     |             `--A. mississippiensisKA01
         |     `--+--+--M. exiguus Thélohan 1895BAH03
         |        |  `--M. muelleri Bütschli 1882BAH03
         |        `--+--+--M. bizerti Bahri & Marques 1996BAH03
         |           |  `--M. episquamalis Egusa et al. 1990BAH03
         |           `--+--+--Tetraspora discoideaKA01
         |              |  `--+--M. spinacurvatura Maeno et al. 1990BAH03
         |              |     `--Endocapsa rosulataKA01
         |              `--+--M. ichkeulensis Bahri & Marques 1996BAH03
         |                 `--SphaeractinomyxonKA01
         |                      |--S. erseiKA01
         |                      `--S. gigasMS98
         `--+--+--‘Henneguya’ salminicolaBAH03
            |  `--‘Henneguya’ zschokkeiBAH03
            `--+--+--+--M. portucalensisBAH03
               |  |  `--M. sandraeBAH03
               |  `--+--M. squamalisBAH03
               |     `--+--M. cerebralisBAH03
               |        `--+--M. arcticusBAH03
               |           |--M. elipsoidesBAH03
               |           `--+--M. djraginiBAH03
               |              `--+--M. bramaeBAH03
               |                 |--M. insidiosisBAH03
               |                 `--M. neurobiusBAH03
               `--+--+--M. cypriniBAH03
                  |  `--+--M. musculiBAH03
                  |     `--M. pseudodisparBAH03
                  `--+--+--M. hungaricusBAH03
                     |  |--Triactinomyxon ignotumKA01
                     |  `--+--M. pellicidesBAH03
                     |     `--M. pendulaBAH03
                     `--+--+--M. algonquinensisBAH03
                        |  |--M. elegansBAH03
                        |  `--‘Sphaerospora’ molnariKA01
                        `--+--M. bibullatusBAH03
                           `--+--SynactinomyxonKA01
                              `--AntonactinomyxonKA01

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BAH03] Bahri, S., K. B. Andree & R. P. Hedrick. 2003. Morphological and phylogenetic studies of marine Myxobolus spp. from mullet in Ichkeul Lake, Tunisia. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50 (6): 463–470.

[KA01] Kent, M. L., K. B. Andree, J. L. Bartholomew, M. El-Matbouli, S. S. Desser, R. H. Devlin, S. W. Feist, R. P. Hedrick, R. W. Hoffmann, J. Khattra, S. L. Hallett, R. J. G. Lester, M. Longshaw, O. Palenzuela, M. E. Siddall & C. Xiao. 2001. Recent advances in our knowledge of the Myxozoa. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 48: 395–413.

[MS98] Margulis, L., & K. V. Schwartz. 1998. Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth 3rd ed. W. H. Freeman and Company: New York.

[SBW95] Stauffer, J. R., Jr, J. M. Boltz & L. R. White. 1995. The fishes of West Virginia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 146: 1–389.

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