WoRMS taxon details
Kudoa megacapsula Yokoyama & Itoh, 2005
389428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:389428)
accepted
Species
marine
Yokoyama & Itoh. 2005. Two Multivalvulid Myxozoans Causing Postmortem Myoliquefaction: Kudoa megacapsula N. Sp. from Red Barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis) and Kudoa thyrsites from Splendid Alfonso (Beryx splendens). Journal of Parasitology 91(5) : 1132-1137, available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-548r.1 [details]
Whipps, C.W.; Adlard, R.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Kudoa megacapsula Yokoyama & Itoh, 2005. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389428 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Yokoyama & Itoh. 2005. Two Multivalvulid Myxozoans Causing Postmortem Myoliquefaction: Kudoa megacapsula N. Sp. from Red Barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis) and Kudoa thyrsites from Splendid Alfonso (Beryx splendens). Journal of Parasitology 91(5) : 1132-1137, available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-548r.1 [details]
Other
additional source
Eiras, J. C.; Saraiva, A.; Cruz, C. (2014). Synopsis of the species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 87(2): 153-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-013-9461-4 [details] Available for editors 
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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). <em>Parasitology Research.</em> 121(11): 3133-3145., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07584-7 [details]
[request]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). <em>Parasitology Research.</em> 121(11): 3133-3145., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07584-7 [details]
