- Bivalvulida
Taxobox
name = Bivalvulida "Shulman,1959 "
image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Alataspora solomoni", a member of the order Bivalvulida
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Cnidaria
unranked_classis =Myxozoa
classis =Myxosporea
ordo = Bivalvulida
ordo_authority = Shulman, 1959
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = :Sphaeromyxidae
:Myxidiidae
:Ortholineidae :Sinuolineidae :Fabesporidae :Ceratomyxidae :Sphaerosporidae :Chloromyxidae :Auerbachiidae :Alatasporidae :Parvicapsulidae :Myxobolidae The Bivalvulida is an order ofmyxosporea n parasites which contains a number of species which cause economically significant losses to aquaculture and fisheries, such as "Myxobolus cerebralis " and "Ceratomyxa shasta ". The Myxosporean stages of members of the bivalvulida are characterised by their two spore valves (hence the name), which meet in a "suture line" which encircles the spore. They usually contain 2polar capsule s, but species have been reported which contain either 1 or 4.
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