Saccosporidae
| Saccosporidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Myxozoa |
| Class: | Malacosporea Canning, Curry, Feist, Longshaw & Okamura, 2000 |
Malacosporea is a subclass of Myxozoa.[1] or a subtype of Myxozoa[2]. It is allocated in 2000. It includes only three species, while another subclass of Myxozoa - Myxosporea - includes more than 2000 species.
Description
Malacosporea - parasites of fish and freshwater bryozoans . Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae - the only representative of the class, whose life cycle is well studied, - causes proliferative disease of the kidneys of salmonids . Two stages of the life cycles of two Buddenbrockia species are known . One of them is a saccular stage, similar to Tetracapsuloides . During the second stage, the animals are mobile, reminiscent of worms. Buddenbrockia allmani parasitizes on Lophopus crystallinus . Buddenbrockia plumatellae parasitizes, in particular, on Plumatella fungosa .
Classification
- genus Buddenbrockia Schröder, 1910
- Buddenbrockia allmani Canning, Curry, Hill & Okamura, 2007
- Buddenbrockia plumatellae Schröder, 1910
- genus Tetracapsuloides Canning, Tops, Curry, Wood & Okamura, 2002
- Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Canning, Curry, Feist, Longshaw & Okamura, 1999)
references
- Tops S, Baxa DV, McDowell TS, Hedrick RP, Okamura B (2004). "Evaluation of malacosporean life cycles through transmission studies". Dis Aquat Organ. 60 (2): 109–121.
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External links
Data related to Saccosporidae at Wikispecies