Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Endocnidozoa > Class Myxozoa > Subclass Myxosporea > Order Bivalvulida > Suborder Platysporina > Family Myxobolidae > Genus Myxobolus

Myxobolus muelleri Bütschli, 1882

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myxobolus*	Bütschli, 1882	accepted genus name
*Mixosoma*	Thélohan, 1892	orthographic variant
*Lentospora*	Plehn, 1904	synonym
*Myxosoma*	Thélohan, 1892	synonym
*Myxosporidium*	Perugia, 1891	synonym

Species group names

*Myxobolus mülleri*	Bütschli, 1882	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
additional source	Walliker, D. (1968). The nature of the iodinophilous vacuole of myxosporidan spores, and a proposal to synonymize the genus Myxosoma Thélohan, 1892 with the genus Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882. The Journal of Protozoology. 15(3): 571-575.
additional source	Landsberg, J. H.; Lom, J. (1991). Taxonomy of the genera of the Myxobolus/Myxosoma group (Myxobolidae: Myxosporea), current listing of species and revision of synonyms. Systematic Parasitology. 18(3): 165-186.
additional source	Suleymanova, A.V. (2023). Distribution and control of parasitic diseases in the fish farm pools of Azerbaijan Republic. Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 54 (1): 13-22.
additional source	Eiras, J. C.; Molnár, K. & Lu, Y. S. (2005). Synopsis of the species of Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae). Systematic Parasitology. 61(1): 1-46.
additional source	Chen, C.L, Ma, C.L. (1998). Fauna Sinica. Myxozoa. Myxosporea. Science Press, Beijing. 993 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Myxobolus muelleri Bütschli, 1882. 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:120518