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

Myxobolus spinacurvatura Maeno, Sorimachi, Ogawa & Egusa, 1990

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

Literature

original description	Maeno, Y.; Sorimachi, M.; Ogawa, K.; Egusa, S. (1990). Myxobolus spinacurvatura sp. n. (Myxosporea: Bilvalvulida) parasitic in deformed mullet, Mugil cephalus. Fish Pathology. 25(1): 37-41.
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	Chinh, N. N.; Ha, N. T. H.; Doanh, P. N.; Eiras, J. C.; Whipps, C. M.; Shirakashi, S. (2023). Synopsis of myxosporean species (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) parasitizing fishes from Vietnam. Systematic Parasitology. 100(4): 325-344.
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	Yardimci, B.; Pekmezci̇, G. Z.; Bölükbaş, C. S.; Özpi̇çak, M.; Yilmaz, S.; Polat, N. (2020). Morphological, histological, and molecular evidence of Myxobolus spinacurvatura (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) from Mugilcephalus in the Turkish Black Sea coast. Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences. 44(5): 968-974.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Myxobolus spinacurvatura Maeno, Sorimachi, Ogawa & Egusa, 1990. 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:120527