Species Kudoa minithyrsites Whipps, Adlard, Bryant, Lester, Findlay & Kent, 2003

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• Kudoa minithyrsites Whipps, C.M., Adlard, R.D., Bryant, M.S., Lester, R.J.G., Findlay, V. & Kent, M.L. 2003. First report of three Kudoa species from eastern Australia: Kudoa thyrsites from mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Kudoa amamiensis and Kudoa minithyrsites n. sp. from sweeper (Pempheris ypsilychnus). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50: 215-219.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G463710, Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef [21°59.15′S, 150°20.71′E].
  Paratype(s) QM G463711, Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef [21°59.15′S, 150°20.71′E].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Pempheris ypsilychnus (Mooi & Jubb, 1996) [PEMPHERIDAE] Sweeper (muscle (+ PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

Whipps, C.M., Adlard, R.D., Bryant, M.S., Lester, R.J.G., Findlay, V. & Kent, M.L. 2003. First report of three Kudoa species from eastern Australia: Kudoa thyrsites from mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Kudoa amamiensis and Kudoa minithyrsites n. sp. from sweeper (Pempheris ypsilychnus). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50: 215-219 (Pempheris ypsilychnus)

Whipps, C.M., Grossel, G., Adlard, R.D., Yokoyama, H., Bryant, M.S., Munday, B.L. & Kent, M.L. 2004. Phylogeny of the Multivalvulidae (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) based on comparative ribosomal DNA sequence analysis. Journal of Parasitology 90: 618-622 (Pempheris ypsilychnus)

General References

Eiras, J.C., Saraiva, A. & Cruz, C. 2014. Synopsis of the species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Systematic Parasitology 87: 153-180

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