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

Unicapsula pflugfelderi Schubert, Sprague & Reinboth, 1975

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Unicapsula*	Davis, 1924	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Schubert, G.; Sprague, V.; Reinboth, R. (1975). Observations on a new species of Unicapsula (Myxosporida) in the fish Maena smaris (L.) by conventional and electronmicroscopy. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 46(4): 245-252.
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	Li, Y.-C.; Tamemasa, S.; Zhang, J.-Y.; Sato, H. (2019). Phylogenetic characterisation of seven Unicapsula spp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from commercial fish in southern China and Japan. Parasitology. 147(4): 448-464.
additional source	Li, Y.-C.; Inoue, K.; Zhang, J.-Y.; Sato, H. (2022). New records of three commercial fish hosts for two Unicapsula spp. and Kudoa megacapsula (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Parasitology Research. 121(11): 3133-3145.
redescription	Alama-Bermejo, G.; Cuadrado, M.; Raga, J. A.; Holzer, A. S. (2009). Morphological and molecular redescription of the myxozoan Unicapsula pflugfelderi Schubert, Sprague & Reinboth 1975 from two teleost hosts in the Mediterranean. A review of the genus Unicapsula Davis 1924. Journal of Fish Diseases. 32(4): 335-350.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Unicapsula pflugfelderi Schubert, Sprague & Reinboth, 1975. 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:120494