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Sphaerospora Thélohan, 1892

120284  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120284)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Endocnidozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Myxozoa (Class)
  6. Myxosporea (Subclass)
  7. Bivalvulida (Order)
  8. Variisporina (Suborder)
  9. Sphaerosporidae (Family)
  10. Sphaerospora (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Chloromyxum (Sphaerospora) Thélohan, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Podospora Chen & Hsieh, 1984 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polysporoplasma Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Sphaerospora alata Lisnerová, 2022
  2. Species Sphaerospora aldrichettae Su & White, 1994
  3. Species Sphaerospora araii Arthur & Lom, 1985
  4. Species Sphaerospora argentinensis Cantatore & Lisnerová, 2022
  5. Species Sphaerospora armatura (Yoshino & Moser, 1974)
  6. Species Sphaerospora brevis (Polyanskii, 1955)
  7. Species Sphaerospora brevoides (Zhao & Song, 2009)
  8. Species Sphaerospora caspialosae (Dogiel, 1939)
  9. Species Sphaerospora compressa (Noble, 1939)
  10. Species Sphaerospora corsulae Sarkar & Ghosh, 1991
  11. Species Sphaerospora dissostichi Brickle, Kalavati & MacKenzie, 2001
  12. Species Sphaerospora dykovae Gunter & Adlard, 2010
  13. Species Sphaerospora elegans Thélohan, 1892
  14. Species Sphaerospora elopi Patra, Bartošová-Sojková, Pecková, Fiala, Eszterbauer & Holzer, 2018
  15. Species Sphaerospora epinepheli Supamattaya, Fischer-Scherl, Hoffmann & Boonyaratpalin, 1991
  16. Species Sphaerospora formosa (Kovaleva & Gaevskaya, 1979)
  17. Species Sphaerospora fugu (Tun, Yokoyama, Ogawa & Wakayabashi, 2000)
  18. Species Sphaerospora glomerosa (Davis, 1917)
  19. Species Sphaerospora johnae Sarkar, 2010
  20. Species Sphaerospora koreana (Cho & Kim, 2001)
  21. Species Sphaerospora lobosa (Davis, 1917)
  22. Species Sphaerospora lutjani (Kpatcha, Diebakate & Toguebaye, 1996)
  23. Species Sphaerospora mackenzii (Kalavati & Narayana Rao, 2005)
  24. Species Sphaerospora mayi Moser, Kent & Dennis, 1989
  25. Species Sphaerospora motemarini Holzer, Pecková, Patra, Brennan, Yanes-Roca & Main, 2013
  26. Species Sphaerospora mugili Yurakhno & Maltsev, 2002
  27. Species Sphaerospora mugilis (Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995)
  28. Species Sphaerospora olsoni Sanders, Jaramillo, Ashford, Feist, Lafferty & Kent, 2015
  29. Species Sphaerospora perlata (Gurley, 1893)
  30. Species Sphaerospora renicola (Thélohan, 1895)
  31. Species Sphaerospora rostrata Thélohan, 1895
  32. Species Sphaerospora schulmani (Rumyantsev, 1997)
  33. Species Sphaerospora sebasta Zhao, Al-Farraj, AL-Rasheid & Song, 2015
  34. Species Sphaerospora sevastopoli Naidenova, 1970
  35. Species Sphaerospora simplex (Kovaljova & Zubchenko, 1984)
  36. Species Sphaerospora sparidarum (Sitjá-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 2001)
  37. Species Sphaerospora sparis (Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995)
  38. Species Sphaerospora sphaerula (Noble, 1939)
  39. Species Sphaerospora subelegans Fantham, 1930
  40. Species Sphaerospora terraenovae Lisnerová, 2022
  41. Species Sphaerospora testicularis Sitjà-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1990
  42. Species Sphaerospora undulans Meglitsch, 1970
  43. Species Sphaerospora anguillae Wierzbicka, 1986 accepted as Hoferellus gilsoni (Debaisieux, 1925) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Sphaerospora caudata Parisi, 1910 accepted as Hoferellus caudatus (Parisi, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  45. Species Sphaerospora dicentrarchi Sitjà-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1992 accepted as Kudoa dicentrarchi (Sitjà-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1992) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  46. Species Sphaerospora dimorpha Davis, 1916 accepted as Sinuolinea dimorpha (Davis, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  47. Species Sphaerospora divergens Thélohan, 1895 accepted as Ortholinea divergens (Thélohan, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  48. Species Sphaerospora gilsoni (Debaisieux, 1925) accepted as Hoferellus gilsoni (Debaisieux, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Sphaerospora irregularis Kabata, 1962 accepted as Parvicapsula irregularis (Kabata, 1962) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  50. Species Sphaerospora orientalis Shulman & Shulman-Albova, 1953 accepted as Ortholinea orientalis (Shulman & Shulman-Albova, 1953) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  51. Species Sphaerospora platessae Woodcock, 1904 accepted as Myxobolus platessae (Woodcock, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  52. Species Sphaerospora polymorpha Davis, 1917 accepted as Ortholinea polymorpha (Davis, 1917) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  53. Species Sphaerospora renicola Dyková & Lom, 1982 accepted as Sphaerospora dykovae Gunter & Adlard, 2010 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  54. Species Sphaerospora sphaerocapsularae Wierzbicka, 1986 accepted as Ortholinea sphaerocapsularae (Wierzbicka, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Thélohan, P. (1892). Observations sur les myxosporidies et éssai de classification de ces organismes. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 4, 165-178. [details] OpenAccess publication
Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaerospora Thélohan, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120284 on 2025-04-16
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Karlsbakk, Egil
2019-08-20 18:00:51Z
changed
Whipps, Christopher
2019-09-05 13:54:06Z
changed
Whipps, Christopher
2023-10-28 14:30:24Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Thélohan, P. (1892). Observations sur les myxosporidies et éssai de classification de ces organismes. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 4, 165-178. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Polysporoplasma Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995) Sitjà-Bobadilla, A.; Alvarez-Pellitero, P. (1995). Light and electron microscopic description of Polysporoplasma n. g. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida), polysporoplasma sparis n. sp. from Sparus aurata (L), and Polysporoplasma mugilis n. sp. from Liza aurata L. <em>European Journal of Protistology.</em> 31(1): 77-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0932-4739(11)80360-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Podospora Chen & Hsieh, 1984) Chen C.L., Hsieh S.R. (1984). A new genus and two new species of family Myxobolidae from freshwater fishes of China (Myxosporidia: Myxobolidae). <em>Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.</em> 9: 113-117. [details] 

basis of record Karlsbakk, E. (2001). Myxozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 80-84 (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gunter, N.; Adlard, R. (2010). The demise of Leptotheca Thélohan, 1895 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae) and assignment of its species to Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), Ellipsomyxa Køie, 2003 (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 and Sphaerospora Thélohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Sphaerosporidae). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 75(2): 81-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-009-9227-1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 68(1): 93-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.026
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jirků, M.; Fiala, I.; Modrý, D. (2007). Tracing the genus Sphaerospora: rediscovery, redescription and phylogeny of the Sphaerospora ranae (Morelle, ) n. comb. (Myxosporea, Sphaerosporidae), with emendation of the genus Sphaerospora. <em>Parasitology.</em> 134(12): 1727-1739., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182007003241
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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). <em>Parasites & Vectors.</em> 11(1): 347., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2863-z [details] 

additional source Kent, M. L.; Khattra, J.; Hervio, D. M. L.; Devlin, R. H. (1998). Ribosomal DNA sequence analysis of isolates of the PKX myxosporean and their relationship to members of the genus <i>Sphaerospora</i>. <em>Journal of Aquatic Animal Health.</em> 10(1): 12-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8667(1998)010 [details] 

additional source Eiras, J.C. (2005). An overview on the myxosporean parasites in amphibians and reptiles. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> 50(4): 267-275. [details] 

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Podospora) (from synonym Podospora Chen & Hsieh, 1984)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerospora) 
To Genbank (from synonym Polysporoplasma Sitja-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995)
To Genbank 
To ITIS

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