Genus Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882

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• Myxobolus Bütschli, O. 1882. Myxosporidia. In, Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs, Protozoa, Vol. i. pp. 590-603.
• Myxosoma Thélohan, P. 1892. Observation sur les myxosporidies et éssai de classification de ces organismes. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 8 4: 165-178.
• Mixosoma Thélohan, P. 1892. Observation sur les myxosporidies et éssai de classification de ces organismes. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 8 4: 165-178 [original spelling].
• Lentospora Plehn, 1905.
• Disparospora Akhmerov, 1954.
• Facieplatycauda Wyatt, 1979.
• Rudicapsula Kalavati & Narasimhamurti, 1984.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lom, J., & Noble, E.R. 1984. Revised classification of the class Myxosporea Butschli, 1881. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 31: 193-205

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; genitals); Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) [CYPRINIDAE] Golden Carp, Goldfish (syn. Cyprinus auratus; skin); Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Sand Flathead (brain); Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [CARANGIDAE] Silver Trevally (liver); Gerres subfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) [GERREIDAE] Silver Biddy (syn. G. ovatus; kidney); Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Common Marine Bream, Yellowfin Bream (liver, gut); Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [KYPHOSIDAE] Luderick, Blackfish (pyloric caeca); Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Rainford’s Butterflyfish (kidney); Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [MUGILIDAE] Sea Mullet (skin, gall bladder, intestines); Oedalechilus labiosus (Valenciennes, 1836) [MUGILIDAE] Hornlip Mullet, Fringe-lip Mullet (syn. Crenimugil labiosus; gall bladder); and Sufflamen chrysopterus (Bloch & Schnieider, 1801) [BALISTIDAE] Flagtail Triggerfish, Halfmoon Triggerfish (syn. S. chrysopterum; kidney). See O'Donoghue and Adlard (2000).

Unidentified Myxobolus species originally identified as Myxosoma recorded from Maccullochella macquariensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Trout Cod (syn. M. mitchelli, Gryptes macquariensis; gills); Maccullochella peeli (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; gills); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch, Callop, Yellow-belly (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; gills); Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848 [ARRIPIDAE] River Blackfish (gills); and Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft, 1864) [ELEOTRIDAE] Empire Gudgeon (muscle). See O'Donoghue and Adlard (2000).

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

MYXOBOLIDAE: Myxobolus cerebralis Hofer, 1903 [not recorded in Australia, considered exotic]

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Callinan, R.B. 1988. Diseases of Australian natives fishes. in Fish Diseases. Refresher Course forVeterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science : Sydney. pp. 459-472

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian batrachians. No. 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 44: 252-261

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Species of haemoprotozoa met with during 1910 and 1911. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 74-83

Johnston, T.H. 1909. [Exhibit of Myxobolus]. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 43: 29

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128

Lom, J., Rohde, K., & Dykova, I. 1992. Studies on protozoan parasite of Australian fishes I. New species of the genera Coccomyxa Leger et Hesse. 1907, Ortholinea Shulman, 1962 and Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa, Myxosporea). Folia Parasitologica. Prague 39: 289-306

Moser, M., Kent, M.L. & Dennis, D. 1989. Gall bladder Myxosporea in coral reef fishes from Heron Island, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 1-13

Munday, B.L. 1996. Infectious diseases of finfish. in Fish Health Workshop. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 81-132

O'Donoghue, P.J. & Adlard, R.D. 2000. Catalogue of protozoan parasites recorded in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45: 1-163

Rothwell, J.T. & Langdon, J.S. 1990. Spinal curvature associated with Myxobolus sp. cysts in the brain of sand-flathead (Platycephalus bassensis L.). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 6: 244-246

Roubal, F.R. 1994. Histopathological and ecological aspects of Henneguya and Myxobolus (Myxosporea) infections in Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther) (Pisces: Sparidae) from Moreton Bay, Australia. Journal of Fish Diseases 17: 495-512

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