Species Kudoa gunterae Burger & Adlard, 2009

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• Kudoa gunterae Burger, M.A.A. & Adlard, R.D. 2009. Four new species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Australia with recommendations for species descriptions in the Kudoidae. Parasitology 137(5): 793-814.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM G465310-G465316, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef [14°39′S, 145°27′E].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Banded Sergeant (muscles (+ PCR)); Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) [POMACENTRIDAE] Blackspot Sergeant (muscles (+ PCR)); Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Blue Green Damselfish (muscles (+ PCR)); Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bowtie Damselfish (muscles (+ PCR)); Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus (Allen & Robertson, 1974) [POMACENTRIDAE] Monarch Damsel (muscles (+ PCR)); Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [POMACENTRIDAE] Sapphire Devil (muscles (+ PCR)); Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepede, 1801) [POMACENTRIDAE] Scissortail Sergeant (muscles (+ PCR)); Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859) [POMACENTRIDAE] Singlebar Devil (muscles (+ PCR)); Apogon properuptus (Whitley, 1964) [APOGONIDAE] Southern Orange-lined Cardinal Fish (muscles (+ PCR)); Pomacentrus chrysurus (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitetail Damsel (muscles (+ PCR)); Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitetail Dascyllus (muscles (+ PCR)); Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus) [POMACENTRIDAE] (in skeletal muscle cells); Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whytley) [APOGONIDAE] (in skeletal muscle cells)).

Associated Fauna References

Burger, M.A.A. & Adlard, R.D. 2009. Four new species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Australia with recommendations for species descriptions in the Kudoidae. Parasitology 137(5): 793-814 (Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus; Apogon properuptus; Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus; Abudefduf septemfasciatus; Pomacentrus chrysurus; Chromis viridis; Neoglyphidodon melas; Chrysiptera cyanea; Abudefduf sexfasciatus; Abudefduf sordidus; Dascyllus aruanus)

Eiras, J.C., Saraiva, A. & Cruz, C. 2014. Synopsis of the species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Systematic Parasitology 87: 153-180 [160] (Ostorhinchus properuptus; Dascyllus aruanus)

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