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

Sphaerospora Thélohan, 1892

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polysporoplasma*	Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995	synonym

Children

Sphaerospora brevis (Polyanskii, 1955)
Sphaerospora caspialosae (Dogiel, 1939)
Sphaerospora formosa (Kovaleva & Gaevskaya, 1979)
Sphaerospora mugilis (Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995)
Sphaerospora renicola (Thélohan, 1895)
Sphaerospora rostrata Thélohan, 1895
Sphaerospora simplex (Kovaljova & Zubchenko, 1984)
Sphaerospora sparis (Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995)
Sphaerospora testicularis Sitjà-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1990

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.; 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	Jirků, M.; Fiala, I.; Modrý, D. (2007). Tracing the genus Sphaerospora: rediscovery, redescription and phylogeny of the Sphaerospora ranae (Morelle, ) n. comb. (Myxosporea, Sphaerosporidae), with emendation of the genus Sphaerospora. Parasitology. 134(12): 1727-1739.
additional source	Eiras, J.C. (2005). An overview on the myxosporean parasites in amphibians and reptiles. Acta Parasitologica. 50(4): 267-275.
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	Kent, M. L.; Khattra, J.; Hervio, D. M. L.; Devlin, R. H. (1998). Ribosomal DNA sequence analysis of isolates of the PKX myxosporean and their relationship to members of the genus Sphaerospora. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 10(1): 12-21.
additional source	Patra, S.; Bartošová-Sojková, P.; Pecková, H.; Fiala, I.; Eszterbauer, E.; Holzer, A. S. (2018). Biodiversity and host-parasite cophylogeny of Sphaerospora (sensu stricto) (Cnidaria: Myxozoa). Parasites & Vectors. 11(1): 347.
additional source	Bartošová, P.; Fiala, I.; Jirků, M.; Cinková, M.; Caffara, M.; Fioravanti, M. L.; Atkinson, S. D.; Bartholomew, J. L.; Holzer, A. S. (2013). Sphaerospora sensu stricto: Taxonomy, diversity and evolution of a unique lineage of myxosporeans (Myxozoa). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68(1): 93-105.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaerospora 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:120284