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

Myxidium giganteum Doflein, 1898

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myxidium*	Bütschli, 1882	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Doflein, F. (1898). Studien zur Naturgeschichte der Protozoen. III. Über Myxosporidien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere. 11, 281-350.
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. (1920). Studies on Myxosporidia. A synopsis of genera and species of Myxosporidia. Illinois Biological Monographs. 5(3-4): 1-265.
additional source	Jayasri, M., Hoffman, G.L. (1982). Review of Myxidium (Protozoa: Myxozoa: Myxosporea). Protozoological Abstracts. 6: 61-91.
additional source	Kudo, R. (1933). A taxonomic consideration of Myxosporidia. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 52(3): 195-216.
additional source	Eiras, J. C.; Saraiva, A.; Cruz, C. F.; Santos, M. J.; Fiala, I. (2011). Synopsis of the species of Myxidium Bütschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida). Systematic Parasitology. 80(2): 81-116.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Myxidium giganteum Doflein, 1898. 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:120399