Glugea
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Glugea is a genus of microsporidia
n parasites, predominantly infecting fish.
Species include
Glugea americanus may be better placed in Spraguea
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, predominantly infecting fish.
Species include
- Glugea anomala
- Glugea atherinae
- Glugea capverdensis - a parasite of the fish Myctophum punctatum
- Glugea caulleryi - a parasite of the greater sand eel Hyperoplus lanceolatus (a teleost fish)
- Glugea heraldi - a parasite of the seahorse Hippocampus erectusHippocampus erectusHippocampus erectus is a species of fish that belongs to the Syngnathidae family. Its common names may include: Lined seahorse, Northern seahorse, and Spotted seahorse.-Description:...
- Glugea hertwigi - a parasite of the smelts Osmerus eperlanus and Osmerus mordax
- Glugea merluccii - a parasite of the fish Merluccius hubbsiMerluccius hubbsiThe Argentine hake is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius, found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, along the coast of Argentina....
- Glugea plecoglossi
- Glugea shiplei - a parasite of fish of the genus Trisopterus
- Glugea stephani - a parasite of the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus (a pleuronectid flatfish)
- Glugea vincentiae - a parasite of the Australian marine teleost fish, Vincentia conspersa
- Glugea weissenbergi
Glugea americanus may be better placed in Spraguea