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

Sphaerospora brevis (Polyanskii, 1955)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Myxoproteus Doflein, 1898

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerospora*	Thélohan, 1892	accepted genus name
*Polysporoplasma*	Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995	synonym

Species group names

*Leptotheca brevis*	(Polyanskii, 1955)	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
new combination reference	Arthur, J. R.; Lom, J. (1985). Sphaerospora araii n. sp. (Myxosporea: Sphaerosporidae) from the kidney of a longnose skate (Raja rhina Jordan and Gilbert) from the Pacific Ocean off Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 63(12): 2902-2906.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaerospora brevis (Polyanskii, 1955). 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:120473