Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Endocnidozoa > Class Myxozoa > Subclass Myxosporea > Order Multivalvulida > Family Kudoidae > Genus Kudoa

Kudoa lunata Lom, Dyková & Lhotákova, 1983

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kudoa*	Meglitsch, 1947	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Lom, J.; Dyková, I.; Lhotáková, Š. (1983). Kudoa lunata n. sp. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) and notes on the nature of muscular “cysts” of the genus Kudoa. Archiv für Protistenkunde. 127(4): 387-397.
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	Eiras, J. C.; Saraiva, A.; Cruz, C. (2014). Synopsis of the species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Systematic Parasitology. 87(2): 153-180.
additional source	Moran, J.; Whitaker, D.; Kent, M. (1999). A review of the myxosporean genus Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947, and its impact on the international aquaculture industry and commercial fisheries. Aquaculture. 172(1-2): 163-196.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Kudoa lunata Lom, Dyková & Lhotákova, 1983. 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:120487