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

Sphaerospora rostrata Thélohan, 1895

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Thélohan, P. (1895). Recherches sur les Myxosporidies. Bulletin Scientifique de France et Belgique. 26: 100–394, pls. 7-9.
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	Kudo, R. (1920). Studies on Myxosporidia. A synopsis of genera and species of Myxosporidia. Illinois Biological Monographs. 5(3-4): 1-265.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaerospora rostrata 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:120480