Species Kudoa whippsi Burger & Adlard, 2009

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• Kudoa whippsi 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 G465322-G465328, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef [23°27′S, 151°55′E].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972 [POMACENTRIDAE] Barrier Reef Anemonefish (muscles (+ PCR)); Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bengal Sergeant (muscles (+ PCR)); Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852 [POMACENTRIDAE] Blackback Anemonefish (muscles (+ PCR)); Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Blue Green Damselfish (muscles); Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bowtie Damselfish (muscles); Ostorhinchus doederleini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) [APOGONIDAE] Fourline Cardinalfish (muscles (+ PCR)); Ostorhinchus cyanosoma (Bleeker, 1853) [APOGONIDAE] Orangelined Cardinalfish (muscles (+ PCR)); Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacépède, 1802) [APOGONIDAE] RIngtail Cardinalfish (muscle (+ PCR)); Apogon properuptus (Whitley, 1964) [APOGONIDAE] Southern Orange-lined Cardinal Fish (muscles (+ PCR)); Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) [POMACENTRIDAE] Spiny Chromis, Spiny Puller (muscles (+ PCR)); Pomacentrus chrysurus (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitetail Damsel (muscles); Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley’s Sergeant (muscles (+ PCR)); Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley’s Sergeant (in skeletal muscles); Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier [POMACENTRIDAE] (in skeletal muscles); Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whitley) [POMACENTRIDAE] (in skeletal muscles)).

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 (Abudefduf whitleyi; Amphiprion akindynos; Apogon properuptus; Acanthochromis polyacanthus; Amphiprion melanopus; Pomacentrus chrysurus; Neoglyphidodon melas; Chromis viridis; Abudefduf bengalensis)

Eiras, J.C., Saraiva, A. & Cruz, C. 2014. Synopsis of the species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Systematic Parasitology 87: 153-180 [176] (Abudefduf whitleyi; Ostorhinchus properuptus; Pomacentrus chrysurus)

Heiniger, H., Cribb, T.H. & Adlard, R.D. 2013. Intra-specific variation of Kudoa spp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from apogonid fishes (Perciformes), including the description of two new species, K-cheilodipteri n. sp and K-cookii n. sp., from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 84: 193-215 (Ostorhinchus doederleini; Ostorhinchus cyanosoma; Ostorhinchus aureus)

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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