Myxobolidae | |
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Myxobolus spinacurvatura, a species of Myxobolidae (Myxobolus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Myxosporea |
Order: | Bivalvulida |
Suborder: | Platysporina Kudo, 1919[2] |
Family: | Myxobolidae Thélohan, 1892[1] |
Myxobolidae is a family of myxosporean parasites which typically infect freshwater fishes, and includes the economically significant species, Myxobolus cerebralis. They have been shown to have a complex life cycle, involving an alternate stage in an invertebrate, typically an annelid or polychaete worm.[citation needed]