Parvicapsula

Parvicapsula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Myxosporea
Order:	Bivalvulida
Family:	Parvicapsulidae
Genus:	Parvicapsula; Shulman, 1953

Parvicapsula is a genus of myxosporean parasites from the order Bivalvulida. Parvicapsula species infect fish, and several are known to cause severe disease in wild and farmed salmonids.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following species in the genus:

Parvicapsula anisocaudata Zhao, Ma & Song, 2000
Parvicapsula asymmetrica Shulman, 1953
Parvicapsula bicornis Køie, Karlsbakk & Nylund, 2007
Parvicapsula curvatura Shin, Jin, Sohn & Lee, 2018
Parvicapsula irregularis (Kabata, 1962)
Parvicapsula kareii Zhao, Ma & Song, 2000
Parvicapsula limandae Køie, Karlsbakk & Nylund, 2007
Parvicapsula minibicornis Kent, Whitaker & Dawe, 1997
Parvicapsula petuniae Kodádková, Dyková, Tyml, Ditrich & Fiala, 2014
Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola Karlsbakk, Saether, Hostlund, Fjellsoy & Nylund, 2002
Parvicapsula renalis Landsberg, 1993
Parvicapsula schulmani Kovaljova & Gaevskaya, 1981
Parvicapsula spinachiae Køie, 2003
Parvicapsula unicornis Kabata, 1962

References

1 2 "Parvicapsula Shulman, 1953". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
↑ Shulman, S.S. (1953). "New and little-studied myxosporids". Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 32 (3): 383–393.
↑ Jørgensen, A.; Nylund, A.; Nikolaisen, V.; Alexandersen, S.; Karlsbakk, E. (2011). "Real-time PCR detection of Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in wild salmonids in Norway". Journal of Fish Diseases. 34 (5): 365–371. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01248.x. ISSN 1365-2761. PMID 21401644.

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[Website-1-1] 1 2 "Parvicapsula Shulman, 1953". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

[2] Shulman, S.S. (1953). "New and little-studied myxosporids". Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 32 (3): 383–393.

[3] Jørgensen, A.; Nylund, A.; Nikolaisen, V.; Alexandersen, S.; Karlsbakk, E. (2011). "Real-time PCR detection of Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in wild salmonids in Norway". Journal of Fish Diseases. 34 (5): 365–371. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01248.x. ISSN 1365-2761. PMID 21401644.