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Dermocystidium

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Dermocystidium is a genus of cyst-forming, eukaryotic fish parasites,[2] the causative agents of dermocystidiosis.

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Taxonomic history

The genus Dermocystidium was described in 1907. It was previously thought to be a genus of fungal parasites, related to the Thraustochytrida and Labyrinthulida (both those groups are now considered to be stramenopiles rather than fungi). Other biologists considered it to be a sporozoan protist.

It was subsequently identified as one of a group of fish parasites (the "DRIP clade") of previously uncertain affiliation, which were later identified as nonanimal, nonfungal opisthokonts,[3] and renamed as Ichthyosporea, and after expansion as Mesomycetozoa. Parasites of crustacea (Dermocystidium daphniae) and molluscs (Dermocystidium marinum) placed in this genus have been found to be likely a bacterium and an alveolate, respectively: Sayre, Gherna and Wergin (1983) concluded that Dermocystidium daphniae was likely identical to Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff, 1888,[4] while D. marinum has been reclassified as Perkinsus marinus.[5]

The frog parasite Dermocystidium ranae has been segregated as Amphibiocystidium ranae.[6]

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Species

  • Dermocystidium aegyptiacus El-Mansy 2008
  • Dermocystidium anguillae Spangenberg 1975— a gill parasite of eels
  • Dermocystidium branchialis Léger 1914[7] — a gill parasite of salmonids
  • Dermocystidium cochliopodii Valkanov 1967[7]
  • Dermocystidium cyprini Červinka & Lom 1974[7] — a gill parasite of carp[8]
  • Dermocystidium erschowii Garkavi, Denisov & Afanas'ev 1980— a skin parasite of carp
  • Dermocystidium fennicum Pekkarinen et al. 2003— a skin parasite of perch [9]
  • Dermocystidium gasterostei Elkan 1962[7] — a parasite of sticklebacks[10]
  • Dermocystidium granulosum Sterba & Naumann 1970[7]
  • Dermocystidium guyenotii Thélin 1955[7]
  • Dermocystidium koi Hoshina & Sahara 1950[7] — a skin parasite of carp
  • Dermocystidium kwangtungensis [11]
  • Dermocystidium macrophagi van de Moer, Manier & Bouix 1988
  • Dermocystidium nemachili [7]
  • Dermocystidium penneri (Jay & Pohley 1981) Borteiro et al. 2018
  • Dermocystidium percae Reichenbach-Klinke 1950[7] — a skin parasite of perch [9]
  • Dermocystidium pusulum (Pérez 1907) Pérez 1908[7]
  • Dermocystidium salmonis [7] — a gill parasite of salmon
  • Dermocystidium sinensis [11]
  • Dermocystidium sinipercae[12] — a parasite of Chinese perch
  • Dermocystidium vejdovskyi Jírovec 1939[7] — a parasite of pike
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