Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Endocnidozoa > Class Myxozoa > Subclass Myxosporea > Order Bivalvulida > Suborder Variisporina > Family Ceratomyxidae > Genus Ellipsomyxa

Ellipsomyxa mugilis (Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1993)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ellipsomyxa*	Køie, 2003	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Zschokkella mugilis*	Sitjá-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1993	synonym

Literature

additional source	Heiniger, H.; Adlard, R. D. (2014). Relatedness of novel species of Myxidium Bütschli, 1882, Zschokkella Auerbach, 1910 and Ellipsomyxa Køie, 2003 (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from the gall bladders of marine fishes (Teleostei) from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology. 87(1): 47-72.
additional source	Whipps, C. M.; Font, W. F. (2013). Interaction of two myxozoan parasites from naked goby Gobiosoma bosc, in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Journal of Parasitology. 99(3): 441-447.
new combination reference	Køie, M.; Karlsbakk, E. (2009). Ellipsomyxa syngnathi sp. n. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle and S. rostellatus (Teleostei, Syngnathidae) from Denmark. Parasitology Research. 105(6): 1611-1616.

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Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Ellipsomyxa mugilis (Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1993). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1026112

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Occurrence

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Native

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Naturalised

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Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2009 This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2019-09-05 by Christopher Whipps

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