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

Sphaerospora formosa (Kovaleva & Gaevskaya, 1979)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Myxoproteus Doflein, 1898

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerospora*	Thélohan, 1892	accepted genus name
*Polysporoplasma*	Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995	synonym

Species group names

*Bipteria formosa*	(Kovaleva & Gaevskaya, 1979)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Patra, S.; Bartošová-Sojková, P.; Pecková, H.; Fiala, I.; Eszterbauer, E.; Holzer, A. S. (2018). Biodiversity and host-parasite cophylogeny of Sphaerospora (sensu stricto) (Cnidaria: Myxozoa). Parasites & Vectors. 11(1): 347.
new combination reference	Bartošová, P.; Fiala, I.; Jirků, M.; Cinková, M.; Caffara, M.; Fioravanti, M. L.; Atkinson, S. D.; Bartholomew, J. L.; Holzer, A. S. (2013). Sphaerospora sensu stricto: Taxonomy, diversity and evolution of a unique lineage of myxosporeans (Myxozoa). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68(1): 93-105.

Genbank

Citation

Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaerospora formosa (Kovaleva & Gaevskaya, 1979). 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:1748014