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

Chloromyxum leydigii Mingazzini, 1890

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chloromyxum*	Mingazzini, 1890	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Mingazzini. (1890). Sullo sviluppo dei Myxosporidi. Bollettino della Società dei naturalisti in Napoli. 4: 160–164.
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	Kudo, R. (1933). A taxonomic consideration of Myxosporidia. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 52(3): 195-216.
additional source	Fantham, H. B.; Porter, A.; Richardson, L. R. (1940). Some more myxosporidia observed in Canadian fishes. Parasitology. 32(3): 333-353.
additional source	Thélohan, P. (1892). Observations sur les myxosporidies et éssai de classification de ces organismes. Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris. 4, 165-178.
additional source	Labbé, A. (1899). Sporozoa. Das Tierreich. Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. 5. Lieferung. Protozoa. Berlin: R. Friedländer und Sohn Verlag, 1-xx, 1-180 pp.
additional source	Gurley, R. R. (1893). On the classification of the Myxosporidia: A group of protozoan parasites infesting fishes. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, US Government Printing Office. 11: 407-420.
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	Thélohan, P. (1895). Recherches sur les Myxosporidies. Bulletin Scientifique de France et Belgique. 26: 100–394, pls. 7-9.
additional source	Gioia, I., da Silva Cordeiro, N. (1996). Brazilian myxosporidians' check-list (Myxozoa). Acta Protozoologica. 35: 137-150.
additional source	Davis, H. S. (1917). The Myxosporidia of the Beaufort region, a systematic and biological study. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. 35, 199-252.
additional source	Kudo, R. (1920). Studies on Myxosporidia. A synopsis of genera and species of Myxosporidia. Illinois Biological Monographs. 5(3-4): 1-265.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Chloromyxum leydigii Mingazzini, 1890. 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:120382