Kudoa

Kudoa
Kudoa septempunctata - spores
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Myxosporea
Order: Multivalvulida
Family: Kudoidae
Meglitsch, 1960
Genus: Kudoa
Meglitsch, 1947
Synonyms
  • Hexacapsula Arai & Matsumoto, 1953
  • Pentacapsula Naidenova & Zaika, 1970
  • Septemcapsula Hsieh & Chen, 1984

Kudoa is a genus of Myxozoa and the only genus recognized within the monotypic family Kudoidae. There are approximately 100 species of Kudoa all of which parasitize on marine and estuarine fish.[1] Kudoa are most commonly known and studied for the negative effects the genus has on commercial fishing and aquaculture industries.[2]

  1. ^ Shin, Sang Phil; Shirakashi, Sho; Hamano, Shogo; Kato, Keitaro; Lasso, Lissette Trejos; Yokoyama, Hiroshi (May 2016). "Phylogenetic study of the genus Kudoa (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida) with a description of Kudoa rayformis sp. nov. from the trunk muscle of Pacific sierra Scomberomorus sierra". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 98: 337–345. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.019. PMID 26947709.
  2. ^ Moran, J.D.W; Whitaker, D.J; Kent, M.L (March 1999). "A review of the myxosporean genus Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947, and its impact on the international aquaculture industry and commercial fisheries". Aquaculture. 172 (1–2): 163–196. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00437-2.