Myxobolidae
Family of marine parasites
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Myxobolidae is a family of myxosporean parasites which typically infect freshwater fishes, and includes the economically significant species, Myxobolus cerebralis. They have been shown to have a complex life cycle, involving an alternate stage in an invertebrate, typically an annelid or polychaete worm.[citation needed]
| Myxobolidae | |
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| Myxobolus spinacurvatura, a species of Myxobolidae (Myxobolus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Myxosporea |
| Order: | Bivalvulida |
| Suborder: | Platysporina Kudo, 1919[1] |
| Family: | Myxobolidae Thélohan, 1892[2] |
Morphology
Myxosporean spores of genera belonging to the Myxobolidae are flattened parallel to the sutural line. They typically contain two polar capsules, and have a central vacuole in which they store β-glycogen. In some genera, the spore walls are drawn out into long processes which are thought to slow sinking through the water column.[citation needed]
Actinosporean stages which have been linked to members of the Myxobolidae have a single central "style" and three processes or "tails", around 200 micrometers long, projecting from this. A sporoplasm packet at the end of the style contains 64 germ cells surrounded by a cellular envelope. There are also three polar capsules, each of which contains a coiled polar filament.[citation needed]
Genera
- Dicauda Hoffman & Walker, 1978[3]
- Hennegoides Lom, Tonguthai & Dyková, 1991[4]
- Henneguya Thélohan, 1892[2]
- Laterocaudata Chen & Hsieh, 1984[5]
- Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882[6]
- Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933[7]
- Trigonosporus Hoshina, 1952[8]
- Unicauda Davis, 1944[9]
