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

Ceratomyxa platichthytis (Fujita, 1923)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Leptotheca Schwägr.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
new combination reference	Dogiel, V. A. (1948). Parasitic Protozoa of the fish of Peter the Great Bay. Izvestiya VNIORH (Newsletters of All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Lake and River Fisheries). 27: 17-66.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Ceratomyxa platichthytis (Fujita, 1923). 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:120350