Gadimyxa sphaerica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Myxosporea
Order: Bivalvulida
Family: Parvicapsulidae
Genus: Gadimyxa
Species:
G. sphaerica
Binomial name
Gadimyxa sphaerica
Køie, Karlsbakk & Nylund, 2007

Gadimyxa sphaerica is a species of parasitic myxozoan. Together with G. arctica and G. atlantica, they infect Gadus morhua and Arctogadus glacialis by developing coelozoically in bisporic plasmodia in their urinary systems. These 3 species' spores exhibit two morphological forms: wide and subspherical, being both types bilaterally symmetrical along the suture line. The wide spores have a mean width ranging from 7.5 to 10μm, respectively, while the subspherical ones range from 5.3-8μm in mean width. The subspherical forms of Gadimyxa are similar to Ortholinea, differing in the development of the spores and in the arrangement of the polar capsules.[1]

References

  1. ^ Køie, Marianne; Karlsbakk, Egil; Nylund, Are (2007). "A New Genus Gadimyxa with Three New Species (Myxozoa, Parvicapsulidae) Parasitic in Marine Fish (Gadidae) and the Two-Host Life Cycle of Gadimyxa atlantica n. sp". Journal of Parasitology. 93 (6): 1459–1467. doi:10.1645/GE-1256.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 18314694. S2CID 37478481.

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