Species Kudoa quadricornis Whipps, Adlard, Bryant & Kent, 2003

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• Kudoa quadricornis Whipps, C.M., Adlard, R.D., Bryant, M.S. & Kent, M.L. 2003. Two unusual myxozoans, Kudoa quadricornis n. sp. (Multivalvulida) from the muscle of goldspotted trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) and Kudoa permulticapsula n. sp. (Multivalvulida) from the muscle of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) from the. Journal of Parasitology 89: 168-173.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G463671, Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef [21°28.89′S, 152°33.85′E].
  Paratype(s) QM G463672, Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef [21°28.89′S, 152°33.85′E].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) [CARANGIDAE] Turrum (muscle (+ PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

Whipps, C.M., Adlard, R.D., Bryant, M.S. & Kent, M.L. 2003. Two unusual myxozoans, Kudoa quadricornis n. sp. (Multivalvulida) from the muscle of goldspotted trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) and Kudoa permulticapsula n. sp. (Multivalvulida) from the muscle of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) from the. Journal of Parasitology 89: 168-173 (Carangoides fulvoguttatus)

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 (Carangoides fulvoguttatus)

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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