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

Ceratomyxa agilis Thélohan, 1892

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Leptotheca agilis*	(Thélohan, 1892)	synonym

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	Gurley, R. R. (1894). The Myxosporidia, or psorosperms of fishes: and the epidemics produced by them (No. 285). Government Printing Office, Washington. Report of the U.S. Commisioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1892. 65-304, I-V, pls. 1-47.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Ceratomyxa agilis 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:120317