| Myxobolidae | |
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| Myxobolus spinacurvatura, a species of Myxobolidae (Myxobolus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ Thélohan, P. (1892). "Observations sur les myxosporidies et essai de classification de ces organismes". Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris (in French). 4: 165–178.
- ^ Kudo, R. (1919). "Studies on Myxosporidia. A synopsis of genera and species of Myxosporidia". Illinois Biological Monographs. 5.