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

Ortholinea divergens (Thélohan, 1895)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sphaerospora Sweet

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ortholinea*	Shulman, 1962	accepted genus name

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	Rangel, L. F.; Rocha, S.; Santos, M. J. (2024). Synopsis of the species of Ortholinea Shulman, 1962 (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Ortholineidae). Systematic Parasitology. 101(3): 37.
additional source	Sitjà-Bobadilla, A., Álvarez-Pellitero, P. (1994). Revised classifcation and key species of the genus Sphaerospora Davies, 1917 (Protozoa: Myxosporea). Research and Reviews in Parasitology. 54(2): 67–80.
additional source	Okkay, S., Özer, A. (2020). New Locality and Host Record of Some Myxozoan Parasite Species (Cnidaria) off Turkish Coast of the Black Sea. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 72(1):123-130.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Ortholinea divergens (Thélohan, 1895). 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:120431