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Sphaerospora sensu stricto: taxonomy, diversity and evolution of a unique lineage of myxosporeans (Myxozoa).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 2013
Bartošová Pavla, Fiala Ivan, Jirků Miloslav, Cinková Martina, Caffara Monica, Fioravanti Maria Letizia, Atkinson Stephen Douglas, Bartholomew Jerri Lee, Holzer Astrid Sibylle
Abstract excerpt
Myxosporeans (Myxozoa) are eukaryotic parasites, primarily of fish, whose classification is in a state of flux as taxonomists attempt to synthesize the traditional morphology-based system with emerging DNA sequence-based phylogenies. The genus Sphaerospora Thélohan, 1892, which includes pathogenic species that cause significant impacts on fisheries and aquaculture, is one of the most polyphyletic taxa and...
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