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Myxozoans

Myxozoa (Grassé 1970)

Myxozoa (Myxozoans) is a class of cnidarians. There are 691 species of Myxozoans, in 41 genera and 15 families. It includes groups like Myxosporean Parasites. They are parasites.

URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12806437
Definition: organism adapted to living on or in another organism and causing harm to its host

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EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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700
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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freshwater
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
- Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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4
trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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parasite
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12806437
- Definition: organism adapted to living on or in another organism and causing harm to its host
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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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250

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of myxozoans. View this species on GBIF

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Myxozoan Habitats

The environments in which many myxozoans species are known to live. Select an environment to see its myxozoans species checklist.

myxozoans Habitats

The environments in which many myxozoans species are known to live. Select an environment to see its myxozoans species checklist.

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Myxosporea Bütschli 1881 (myxosporean parasites)