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

Ceratomyxa labracis Sitjá-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1993

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ceratomyxa*	Thélohan, 1892	accepted genus name
*Leptotheca*	Thélohan, 1895	synonym

Literature

original description	Sitjà-Bobadilla, A.; Alvarez-Pellitero, P. (1993). Light and electron microscopical description of Ceratomyxa labracis n. sp. and a redescription of C. diplodae (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from wild and cultured Mediterranean sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) (Teleostei: Serranidae). Systematic Parasitology. 26(3): 215-223.
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	Eiras, J. C. (2006). Synopsis of the species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae). Systematic Parasitology. 65(1): 49-71.
additional source	Odabaş-Alver, D.; Ertürk, Ö.; Gürkanlı, C. T. (2024). Biodiversity and Parasitological Characteristics of Myxozoa (Cnidaria) Infecting European Seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) In the Aegean Sea Coasts of Türkiye. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 24(10): TRJFAS25882.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Ceratomyxa labracis Sitjá-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:120336