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. Bibcode:2011JFDis..34..365J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01248.x. ISSN 1365-2761. PMID 21401644.
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