Species Kudoa thyrsites (Gilchrist, 1924)

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• Chloromyxum thyrsites Gilchrist, J.D. 1924. A protozoal parasite (Chloromyxum thyristes sp. n.) of the Cape fish, the "snoek" (Thyristes atun Euphr.). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 11: 263-273, 7 text-figs [type data not listed].

Generic Combinations

• Kudoa thyrsites (Gilchrist, 1924). —
  Meglitsch, P.A. 1947. Studies on Myxosporidia from the Beaufort Region II. Observations on Kudoa clupeidae (Hahn) gen. nov. Journal of Parasitology 33: 271-277
• Chloromyxum thyrsites (Gilchrist, 1924). —
  Gilchrist, J.D. 1924. A protozoal parasite (Chloromyxum thyristes sp. n.) of the Cape fish, the "snoek" (Thyristes atun Euphr.). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 11: 263-273, 7 text-figs

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (muscles); Engraulis australis (White, 1790) [ENGRAULIDAE] Australian Anchovy (muscles); Sardinops sagax neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879) [CLUPEIDAE] Australian Pilchard (muscles); Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) [GEMPYLIDAE] Barracouta (syn. Scomber atun, Leionura atun; muscle); Spratelloides robustus Ogilby, 1897 [CLUPEIDAE] Blue Sprat (muscle); Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [CORYPHAENIDAE] Mahi Mahi (muscles (+ PCR)); Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, 1853 [CLUPEIDAE] Scaly Mackerel (muscle)).

Associated Fauna References

Beumer, J.P., Ashburner, L.D., Burberry, M.E., Jetté, E. & Latham, D.J. 1982. A checklist of the parasites of fishes from Australia and its adjacent Antarctic territories. Technical Communication No. 48 of the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology (Thanet Press, Margate). 1-99 pp. (Thyrsites atun)

Blackburn, M. 1960. A study of condition (weight for length) of Australian barracouta, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 11: 14-41 (Thyrsites atun)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian fish. No. 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 44: 406-415 (Thyrsites atun)

Langdon, J.S. 1990. Major protozoan and metazoan parasitic diseases of Australian finfish. in Munday, B.L. (ed.) Fin Fish Diseases. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 233-255 (Coryphaena hippurus)

Langdon, J.S. 1991. Diseases of mahi mahi or common dolphin fish, Coryphaena hippurus, in Australia. Fisheries Research Bulletin of Western Australia 29: 1-17 (Coryphaena hippurus)

Langdon, J.S. 1991. Myoliquefaction post-mortem ('milky flesh') due to Kudoa thyrsites (Gilchrist) (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in mahi mahi, Coryphaena hippurus L. Journal of Fish Diseases 14: 45-54 (Sardinops sagax neopilchardus; Coryphaena hippurus)

Langdon, J.S. 1992. Major protozoan and metazoan parasitic diseases of Australian finfish in Fin Fish Workshop, Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 1-26 (Coryphaena hippurus)

Langdon, J.S., Thorne, T. & Fletcher, W.J. 1992. Reservoir hosts and new clupeoid host records for the myoliquefactive myxosporean parasite Kudoa thyrsites (Gilchrist). Journal of Fish Diseases 15: 459-471 (Spratelloides robustus; Sardinops sagax neopilchardus; Sardinella lemuru; Engraulis australis)

Lom, J. & Dykova, I. 1992. Protozoan parasites of fishes. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science. Amsterdam : Elsevier Vol. 26. (Coryphaena hippurus)

Munday, B.L. 1996. Infectious diseases of finfish. in Fish Health Workshop. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 81-132 (Sardinops sagax neopilchardus; Thyrsites atun; Coryphaena hippurus)

Munday, B.L., Su, X-Q. & Harshbarger, J.C. 1998. A survey of product defects in Tasmanian Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture 169: 297-302 (Salmo salar)

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. (Thyrsites atun)

Sindermann, C.J. 1966. Diseases of marine fishes. Advances in Marine Biology 4: 1-89 (Thyrsites atun)

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 (Coryphaena hippurus)

Whipps, C.M. & Kent, M.L. 2006. Phylogeography of the cosmopolitan marine parasite Kudoa thyrsites (Myxozoa: Myxosporea). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53: 364-373 (Coryphaena hippurus)

Willis, A.G. 1949. On the vegetative forms and life history of Chloromyxum thyrsites Gilchrist and its doubtful systematic position. Australian Journal of Scientific Research B 2: 379-398 (Thyrsites atun)

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