Loma (microsporidian)
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Loma is a genus of microsporidia
n parasites, infecting fish. The taxomomic position of Loma in the family Glugeidae has been questioned by DNA sequencing results.
Species include
Microsporidia
The microsporidia constitute a phylum of spore-forming unicellular parasites. They were once thought to be protists but are now known to be fungi. Loosely 1500 of the probably more than one million species are named now. Microsporidia are restricted to animal hosts, and all major groups of animals...
n parasites, infecting fish. The taxomomic position of Loma in the family Glugeidae has been questioned by DNA sequencing results.
Species include
- Loma acerinae - formerly placed in GlugeaGlugeaGlugea is a genus of microsporidian parasites, predominantly infecting fish.Species include* Glugea anomala* Glugea atherinae* Glugea capverdensis - a parasite of the fish Myctophum punctatum...
- Loma branchialis - the type species
- Loma camerounensis - a parasite of the cichlidCichlidCichlids are fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses , damselfish , and surfperches . This family is both large and diverse. At least 1,300 species have been scientifically described, making it one of...
fish, OreochromisOreochromisOreochromis is a large genus of tilapiine cichlids, fishes endemic to Africa and the Middle East. Several species from this genus have been introduced far outside their native range, and are important in aquaculture...
niloticus - Loma dimorpha
- Loma morhua
- Loma myriophis - parasite of the ophichthidOphichthidaeOphichthidae is a family of eels, comprising species commonly called worm eels and snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis and ichthys ....
fish, MyrophisMyrophisMyrophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:* Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 * Myrophis cheni J. S. T. F. Chen & T. C...
platyrhynchus - Loma salmonae - a parasite of Pacific salmon, OncorhynchusOncorhynchusOncorhynchus is a genus of fish in the family Salmonidae; it contains the Pacific salmons and Pacific trouts. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek onkos and rynchos , in reference to the hooked jaws of males in the mating season .-Range:Salmon and trout with ranges generally in waters...
spp. - Loma trichiuri - a parasite of a marine trichiurid fish, Trichiurus savala