Abstract Goldfish, Carassius auratus Linnaeus, 1758, are immensely popular ornamental
cyprinid fish, traded in more than 100 countries. For more than 500 years, human …

This chapter summarises the collective knowledge of myxozoan life cycles gained through
experimental studies and observations. We review myxozoan life cycles, factors that …

There is a claimed increase in the global prevalence and incidence of emerging diseases
observed in many organisms. Myxozoa represents an essential group of metazoan parasites …

The Myxosporea subclass harbours cnidarians myxozoans adapted for parasitism that infect
mainly fishes worldwide. A total of 159 myxosporean species were described in South …

The actinospore diversity of infected Dero digitata was surveyed (May 2011) from a channel
catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) production pond in the Mississippi Delta region for the …

Increased global connectivity and shorter transportation times translate to a higher
probability and frequency that hosts and their parasites will be introduced to foreign …

There are more than 200 species of Henneguya described from fish. Of these, only three life
cycles have been determined, identifying the actinospore and myxospore stages from their …

Echinactinomyxon-type actinospores were found in a mixed-species oligochaete culture
originating from the temperate Water Fish Hatchery near Budapest, Hungary. On the basis of …

Approximately three dozen Myxobolus spp.(Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) have been
described to parasitize the gills of carp of the genera Cyprinus and Carassius. Hitherto …

This chapter provides an overview of the diversity of annelids parasitized by myxosporeans
in both marine and freshwater systems and reviews the interactions between myxosporeans …