Myxozoans are microscopic, metazoan, obligate parasites, belonging to the phylum
Cnidaria. In contrast to the free-living lifestyle of most members of this taxon, myxozoans …

Medusozoa is a widely distributed ancient lineage that harbors one-third of Cnidaria
diversity divided into 4 classes. This clade is characterized by the succession of stages and …

Background Parasite evolution has been conceptualized as a process of genetic loss and
simplification. Contrary to this model, there is evidence of expansion and conservation of …

The environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding approach has become a useful tool for
detecting the species diversity of different animal groups, including parasites. Myxozoa …

Myxozoans are a diverse group of microscopic cnidarian parasites and some
representatives are associated with important diseases in fish, in both marine and …

Ion channels are highly diverse in the cnidarian model organism Nematostella vectensis
(Anthozoa), but little is known about the evolutionary origins of this channel diversity and its …

The phylum Cnidaria consists of several morphologically diverse classes including
Anthozoa, Cubozoa, Hydrozoa, Polypodiozoa, Scyphozoa, Staurozoa, and Myxozoa …

Within the phylum Cnidaria, sea anemones (class Anthozoa) express a rich diversity of ion-
channel peptide modulators with biomedical applications, but corollary discoveries from …

Myxosporeans are microscopic cnidarians associated with severe diseases in aquaculture
and wild fish populations. This group of parasitic cnidarians thus warrants close attention …

Proteases and their inhibitors play critical roles in host-parasite interactions and in the
outcomes of infections. Ceratonova shasta is a myxozoan pathogen that causes …