Genus Unicapsula Davis, 1924

Museums

Regional Maps

• Unicapsula Davis, H.S. 1924. A new Myxosporidian parasite, the cause of "Wormy" Halibut. Report of the United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries 1923: Appendix 5 pp.
• Pileispora Naidenova & Zaika, 1970.
• Parapileispora Naidenova & Zaika, 1970, pro parte.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 [CARANGIDAE] Yellowtail Kingfish (syn. S. grandis; muscle) (Beumer et al., 1982); and Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) [SCIAENIDAE] Mulloway, Japanese Croaker (muscle (+ PCR)) (Whipps et al., 2004).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General 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.

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

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