Spironucleus salmonis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Distomatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Protozoa Subregnum: Eozoa Infraregnum: Excavata Phylum: Metamonada Subphylum: Trichozoa Superclassis: Eopharyngia Classis: Trepomonadea Subclassis: Diplozoa Ordo: Distomatida

Familia: Hexamitidae
Genus: Spironucleus
Species: Spironucleus salmonis

Name

Spironucleus salmonis (E.Moore) S.L.Poynton, Fard, J.Jenkins & H.W.Ferguson, Dis. Aquat. Organisms 60: 52 (2004)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Octomitus salmonis E.Moore, Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 52: 79 (1922)

References

Primary references

• Moore, E. 1922. Octomitus salmonis, a new species of intestinal parasite in trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 52(1): 74–97. DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1922)52[74:OSANSO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Moore, E. 1923. Description of Octomitus salmonis. Annual Report of the State of New York Conservation Commission 12: 69–76. HathiTrust PDF Google Books Reference page. 
• Poynton, S.L., Fard, M.R.S., Jenkins, J. & Ferguson, H.W. 2004. Ultrastructure of Spironucleus salmonis n. comb. (formerly Octomitus salmonis sensu Moore 1922, Davis 1926, and Hexamita salmonis sensu Ferguson 1979), with a guide to Spironucleus species. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 60(1): 49–64. DOI: 10.3354/dao060049 Reference page.