Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Endocnidozoa > Class Myxozoa > Subclass Myxosporea > Order Bivalvulida > Suborder Sphaeromyxina > Family Sphaeromyxidae > Genus Sphaeromyxa

Sphaeromyxa longa Dunkerly, 1920

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaeromyxa*	Thélohan, 1892	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Dunkerly, J. S. (1920). Fish Myxosporidia from Plymouth. Parasitology. 12(4): 328-333.
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	Fiala, I. (2006). The phylogeny of Myxosporea (Myxozoa) based on small subunit ribosomal RNA gene analysis. International Journal for Parasitology. 36(14): 1521-1534.
additional source	Bartošová-Sojková, P.; Kodádková, A.; Pecková, H.; Kuchta, R.; Reed, C. C. (2015). Morphology and phylogeny of two new species of Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) from marine fish (Clinidae and Trachichthyidae). Parasitology. 142(05): 660-674.
additional source	Kudo, R. (1933). A taxonomic consideration of Myxosporidia. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 52(3): 195-216.
taxonomy source	Whipps, C. M.; Zhao, Y. (2015). Synopsis of the species of the genus Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida: Variisporina: Sphaeromyxidae). Systematic Parasitology. 92(2): 81-99.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaeromyxa longa Dunkerly, 1920. 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:120299