Myxosporea
Class of cnidarians comprising microscopic parasites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Myxosporea is a class of microscopic parasites, belonging to the Myxozoa clade within Cnidaria. They have a complex life cycle which comprises vegetative forms in two hosts, an aquatic invertebrate (generally an annelid but sometimes a bryozoan) and an ectothermic vertebrate, usually a fish. Each host releases a different type of spore. The two forms of spore are so different that until relatively recently they were treated as belonging to different classes within the Myxozoa.
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Myxosporea | |
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Kudoa septempunctata - spores | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Subphylum: | Myxozoa |
Class: | Myxosporea Buetchli 1881 |
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