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

Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptotheca*	Thélohan, 1895	synonym

Children

Ceratomyxa acanthuri Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1996
Ceratomyxa adeli (Bakay & Grudnev, 1998)
Ceratomyxa agilis Thélohan, 1892
Ceratomyxa allantoidea Gaevskaya & Kovaljova, 1984
Ceratomyxa anguillae Tuzet & Ormieres, 1957
Ceratomyxa appendiculata Thélohan, 1892
Ceratomyxa arcuata Thélohan, 1895
Ceratomyxa artedielli Polyanskii, 1955
Ceratomyxa auerbachi Kabata, 1962
Ceratomyxa beloneae Lubat, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989
Ceratomyxa chromis Lubat, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989
Ceratomyxa coelorhyncha (Yoshino & Noble, 1973)
Ceratomyxa coris Georgévitch, 1916
Ceratomyxa diplodae Lubat, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989
Ceratomyxa drepanopsettae Awerinzew, 1907
Ceratomyxa dubia Dunkerly, 1920
Ceratomyxa elegans Jameson, 1929
Ceratomyxa elongata (Thélohan, 1895)
Ceratomyxa globulifera Thélohan, 1895
Ceratomyxa hepseti (Thélohan, 1895)
Ceratomyxa herouardi Georgévitch, 1916
Ceratomyxa hopkinsi Jameson, 1929
Ceratomyxa inaequalis Doflein, 1898
Ceratomyxa informis (Auerbach, 1910)
Ceratomyxa kovaljovae (Bakay & Grudnev, 1998)
Ceratomyxa labracis Sitjá-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1993
Ceratomyxa lata Dunkerly, 1920
Ceratomyxa linospora Doflein, 1898
Ceratomyxa longipes (Auerbach, 1910)
Ceratomyxa longispina Petruschewsky, 1932
Ceratomyxa lubati Gunter & Adlard, 2010
Ceratomyxa macroformis (Gaevskaya & Kovaljova, 1984)
Ceratomyxa macrospora (Auerbach, 1909)
Ceratomyxa maenae Georgévitch, 1929
Ceratomyxa markewitchi Iskov & Karataev, 1984
Ceratomyxa maxima Gaevskaya & Kovaljova, 1980
Ceratomyxa merlangi Zaika, 1966
Ceratomyxa orientalis Dogiel, 1948
Ceratomyxa pallida Thélohan, 1895
Ceratomyxa parva (Thélohan, 1895)
Ceratomyxa peculiaria Yurakhno, 1991
Ceratomyxa platichthytis (Fujita, 1923)
Ceratomyxa polymorpha (Labbé, 1899)
Ceratomyxa quadritaenia (Kovaljova & Zubchenko, 1984)
Ceratomyxa ramosa Awerinzew, 1907
Ceratomyxa reticularis Thélohan, 1895
Ceratomyxa scorpaenarum Labbé, 1899
Ceratomyxa sparusaurati Sitjá-Bobadilla Palenzuela & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995
Ceratomyxa sphaerulosa Thélohan, 1892
Ceratomyxa tenuispora Kabata, 1960
Ceratomyxa trichiuri Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1996
Ceratomyxa truncata Thélohan, 1895
Ceratomyxa vikrami (Tripathi, 1948)

Literature

original description	Thélohan, P. (1892). Observations sur les myxosporidies et éssai de classification de ces organismes. Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris. 4, 165-178.
basis of record	Karlsbakk, E. (2001). Myxozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 80-84
additional source	Gunter, N. L.; Whipps, C. M.; Adlard, R. D. (2009). Ceratomyxa (Myxozoa: Bivalvulida): Robust taxon or genus of convenience?. International Journal for Parasitology. 39(12): 1395-1405.
additional source	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Gunter, N.; Adlard, R. (2010). The demise of Leptotheca Thélohan, 1895 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae) and assignment of its species to Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), Ellipsomyxa Køie, 2003 (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 and Sphaerospora Thélohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Sphaerosporidae). Systematic Parasitology. 75(2): 81-104.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Eiras, J. C. (2006). Synopsis of the species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae). Systematic Parasitology. 65(1): 49-71.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892. 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:120262