Ceratomyxa

Ceratomyxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Myxosporea
Order:	Bivalvulida
Family:	Ceratomyxidae
Genus:	Ceratomyxa Thelohan, 1892
Species
See text
Synonyms
LeptothecaThélohan, 1895

Ceratomyxa is a genus of myxozoan. ^[1]

Species

The following species are recognized: ^[2]

• Ceratomyxa abbreviata (Davis, 1917)
• Ceratomyxa acanthopagri (Zhao & Song, 2003)
• Ceratomyxa acanthuri Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1996
• Ceratomyxa adeli (Bakay & Grudnev, 1998)
• Ceratomyxa aggregata Davis, 1917
• Ceratomyxa agilis Thélohan, 1892
• Ceratomyxa allantoidea Gaevskaya & Kovaljova, 1984
• Ceratomyxa amatea (Aseeva, 2001)
• Ceratomyxa ammodytis Zhao & Song, 2003
• Ceratomyxa ampla (Kovaljova, Rodjuk & Grudnev, 2002)
• Ceratomyxa anguillae Tuzet & Ormieres, 1957
• Ceratomyxa angusta Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa annulata (Meglitsch, 1960)
• Ceratomyxa antarctica Kovaljova, Rodjuk & Grudney, 2002
• Ceratomyxa apogoni (Narasimhamurti, Kalavati, Anuradha & Padma Dorothy, 1990)
• Ceratomyxa appendiculata Thélohan, 1892
• Ceratomyxa arcuata Thelohan, 1895
• Ceratomyxa artedielli Polyanskii, 1955
• Ceratomyxa aspera Aseeva, 2003
• Ceratomyxa auerbachi Kabata, 1962
• Ceratomyxa auratae Rocha, Casal, Rangel, Castro, Severino, Azevedo & Santos, 2015 ^[3]
• Ceratomyxa azonusi Aseeva, 2003
• Ceratomyxa beloneae Lubat, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989
• Ceratomyxa beveridgei (Moser, Kent & Dennis, 1989)
• Ceratomyxa brayi Gunter & Adlard, 2009 ^[4]
• Ceratomyxa bryanti Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa burgerae Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa capricornensis Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa castigata Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa castigatoides Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa centriscopsi Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa chromis Lubat, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989
• Ceratomyxa coelorhyncha (Yoshino & Noble, 1973)
• Ceratomyxa constricta Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa coris Georgévitch, 1916
• Ceratomyxa cottoidii Reed, Basson, Van As & Dykova, 2007
• Ceratomyxa cribbi Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa cutmorei Gunter & Adlard, 2009
• Ceratomyxa declivis Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa dehoopi Reed, Basson, Van As & Dykova, 2007
• Ceratomyxa dennisi Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa diplodae Lubat, Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989
• Ceratomyxa drepanopsettae Averintzev, 1908
• Ceratomyxa dubia Dunkerley, 1921
• Ceratomyxa durusa Aseeva, 2003
• Ceratomyxa elegans Jameson, 1929
• Ceratomyxa ellipsoidea Kovaljova, Rodjuk & Grudney, 2002
• Ceratomyxa elongata Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa etrumuci (Dogiel, 1948)
• Ceratomyxa faba Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa falcatus Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa fialai Cantatore & Lisnerová, 2025 ^[5]
• Ceratomyxa fisheri Jameson, 1929
• Ceratomyxa flexa Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa fujitai Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa galeata Jameson, 1929
• Ceratomyxa gemmaphora Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa ghaffari Ali, Abdel-Baki & Sakran, 2006
• Ceratomyxa gibba Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa gleesoni Gunter & Adlard, 2009
• Ceratomyxa globulifera Thélohan, 1895
• Ceratomyxa hama Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa hepseti (Thélohan, 1895)
• Ceratomyxa herouardi Georgévitch, 1916
• Ceratomyxa hokarari Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa honckenii Reed, Basson, Van As & Dykova, 2007
• Ceratomyxa hooperi Gunter & Adlard, 2009
• Ceratomyxa hopkinsi Jameson, 1929
• Ceratomyxa huanghaiensis Zhao & Song, 2003
• Ceratomyxa hungarica Molnar, 1992
• Ceratomyxa inaequalis Doflein, 1898
• Ceratomyxa inconstans Jameson, 1929
• Ceratomyxa informis (Auerbach, 1910)
• Ceratomyxa insolita Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa intexua Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa inversa Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa kenti Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa kovaljovae (Bakay & Grudnev, 1998)
• Ceratomyxa labracis Sitjá-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1993
• Ceratomyxa lata Dunkerley, 1921
• Ceratomyxa lateolabracis Zhao & Song, 2003
• Ceratomyxa latesi (Chakravarty, 1943)
• Ceratomyxa laxa Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa lepidopusi Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa lianoides Aseeva, 2003
• Ceratomyxa limandae Fujita, 1923
• Ceratomyxa linospora Doflein, 1898
• Ceratomyxa longipes (Auerbach, 1910)
• Ceratomyxa longispina Petruschewsky, 1932
• Ceratomyxa lovei Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa lubati Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa lunula Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa macroformis (Gaevskaya & Kovaljova, 1984)
• Ceratomyxa macronesi (Chakravarty, 1943)
• Ceratomyxa macrospora (Auerbach, 1909)
• Ceratomyxa macrouridonum Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa maenae Georgévitch, 1929
• Ceratomyxa markewitchi Iskov & Karataev, 1984
• Ceratomyxa maxima Gaevskaya & Kovaljova, 1980
• Ceratomyxa merlangi Zaika, 1966
• Ceratomyxa minima (Meglitsch, 1960)
• Ceratomyxa minuta Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa moenei Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa moseri Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa mylionis (Ishizaki, 1960)
• Ceratomyxa myxocephala Aseeva, 2002
• Ceratomyxa nebulifera (Zhao & Song, 2003)
• Ceratomyxa nitida Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa noblei Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa nolani Gunter & Adlard, 2009
• Ceratomyxa nototheniae Kovaljova, Rodjuk & Grudney, 2002
• Ceratomyxa opisthocornata (Evdokimova, 1977)
• Ceratomyxa orientalis (Dogiel, 1948)
• Ceratomyxa orthospora Kovaljova, Rodjuk & Grudney, 2002
• Ceratomyxa ovalis (Kovaljova & Gaevskaya, 1983)
• Ceratomyxa pallida Thélohan, 1895
• Ceratomyxa parva (Thélohan, 1895)
• Ceratomyxa peculiaria Yurakhno, 1991
• Ceratomyxa pegusae Kpatcha, Diebakate & Toguebaye, 1996
• Ceratomyxa physiculusi Gunter & Adlard, 2010
• Ceratomyxa pinguis (Meglitsch, 1960)
• Ceratomyxa platichthys (Fujita, 1923)
• Ceratomyxa polymorpha Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa priacanthi Kalavati, Dorothy & Pandian, 2002
• Ceratomyxa quadritaenia (Kovaljova & Zubchenko, 1984)
• Ceratomyxa quingdaoensis Zhao & Song, 2003
• Ceratomyxa ramosa Averintzev, 1908
• Ceratomyxa rara Kovaljova, Gaevskaya & Krasin, 1986
• Ceratomyxa recta Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa renalis Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa reticulata Thélohan, 1895
• Ceratomyxa scissura (Davis, 1917)
• Ceratomyxa scorpaenarum Labbé, 1899
• Ceratomyxa sebastici (Zhao & Song, 2003)
• Ceratomyxa sewelli Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa sparusaurati Sitjá-Bobadilla Palenzuela & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995
• Ceratomyxa sphaerulosa Thélohan, 1892
• Ceratomyxa subelegans (Laird, 1953)
• Ceratomyxa subtilis Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa talboti Gunter & Adlard, 2008
• Ceratomyxa tenuispora Kabata, 1960
• Ceratomyxa thrissoclesi Padma Dorothy, Kalavati & Vaidchi, 1998
• Ceratomyxa thunni Mladineo & Bocina, 2006
• Ceratomyxa torquata Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa trichiuri Kpatcha, Diebakate, Faye & Toguebaye, 1996
• Ceratomyxa truncata Thélohan, 1895
• Ceratomyxa uncinata Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa vepallida Meglitsch, 1960
• Ceratomyxa vikrami (Tripathi, 1948)
• Ceratomyxa whippsi Gunter & Adlard, 2009
• Ceratomyxa yokoyamai Gunter & Adlard, 2009

The following species has been proposed, but not recognized by WoRMS as of 2025.

• Ceratomyxa evdokimovae ^[5]

References

1. Kpatcha, T.K.; Diebakate, C.; Faye, N.; Toguebaye, B.S. (1996). "Quelques nouvelles espèces de Myxosporidies, du genre Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1895 parasites des poissons marins du Sénégal, Afrique de l'Ouest". Parasite. 3 (3): 223–228. doi: 10.1051/parasite/1996033223 . ISSN   1252-607X.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
3. Rocha S.; Casal G.; Rangel L.; Castro R.; Severino R.; Azevedo C.; Santos M.J. (2015). "Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Ceratomyxa auratae n. sp. (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), a parasite infecting the gilthead seabream Sparus aurata (Teleostei: Sparidae)". Parasitology International. 64 (5): 305–313. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2015.04.002 . PMID   25892564.
4. Gunter, Nicole L.; Adlard, Robert D. (2009). "Seven new species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxozoa) from the gall-bladders of serranid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia". Systematic Parasitology. 73 (1): 1–11. doi: 10.1007/s11230-008-9162-6 . ISSN   0165-5752. PMID   19337855. S2CID   21039994.
5. Cantatore, Delfina M. P.; Lisnerová, Martina; Marcotegui, Paula S.; Rossin, María A.; Holzer, Astrid S. (2025-01-16). "Intraspecific Morphometric Variation in a New Species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan 1892 (Cnidaria) from the South Atlantic Ocean: An Ecomorphological Study Using Geometric Morphometrics". Biology. 14 (1): 79. doi: 10.3390/biology14010079 . ISSN   2079-7737. PMC   11760875 . PMID   39857309.

External links

• Data related to Ceratomyxa at Wikispecies
• Media related to Ceratomyxa at Wikimedia Commons
• "Ceratomyxa". The Encyclopedia of Life .