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

Sphaerospora testicularis Sitjà-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1990

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	Sitja‐bobadilla, A.; Alvarez‐pellitero, P. (1990). Sphaerospora testicularis sp. nov. (Myxosporea: Sphaerosporidae) in wild and cultured sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), from the Spanish Mediterranean area. Journal of Fish Diseases. 13(3): 193-203.
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	Sitjà-Bobadilla, A.; Alvarez-Pellitero, P. (1993). Ultrastructural and cytochemical observations on the sporogenesis of Sphaerospora testicularis (Protozoa: Myxosporea) from Mediterranean sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.). European Journal of Protistology. 29(2): 219-229.
additional source	Bartošová, P.; Freeman, M. A.; Yokoyama, H.; Caffara, M.; Fiala, I. (2011). Phylogenetic position of Sphaerospora testicularis and Latyspora scomberomori n. gen. n. sp. (Myxozoa) within the marine urinary clade. Parasitology. 138(3): 381-393.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaerospora testicularis Sitjà-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120481