Glugea
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| Glugea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Rozellomycota |
| Class: | Microsporidia |
| Order: | Glugeida |
| Family: | Glugeidae |
| Genus: | Glugea Thélohan, 1891 |
Glugea is a genus of microsporidian parasites, predominantly infecting fish.[1][2] Infections of Glugea cause xenoma formation.[1]
Currently, Phylogenetic tree of this genus seem unreliable, as not enough evidence is present,[1] therefore species with their common hosts are given in a list:
- G. anomala (syn. G. weissenbergi) – a parasite of the three-spined stickleback and the ninespine stickleback[1]
- G. atherinae – a parasite of the big-scale sand smelt[1]
- G. berglax – a parasite of the roughhead grenadier[1]
- G. bychowski – a parasite of the Caspian anadromous shad[1]
- G. capverdensis – a parasite of the spotted lanternfish[1]
- G. heraldi – a parasite of the seahorse Hippocampus erectus[1]
- G. hertwigi – a parasite of the European smelt and the Rainbow smelt[1][3]
- G. nagelia – a parasite of the yellowfin hind[4]
- G. plecoglossi – a parasite of the ayu sweetfish[1]
- G. sardinellensis – a parasite of fish of the genus Sardinella[5]
- G. shiplei – a parasite of fish of the pouting[1]
- G. stephani – a parasite of Pleuronectes flesus, the winter flounder, the English sole, and the Common dab[1]
- G. vincentiae – a parasite of the Australian marine teleost fish, Vincentia conspersa[6]
- G. truttae – a parasite of the brown trout[1]
Spraguea lophii has formerly been described as G. americanus.[1]
Microgemma caulleryi that infects the greater sand eel was previously classified as G. caulleryi.[7]
