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.