title: Morphometric and molecular characterisation of four new Ceratomyxa species (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida: Ceratomyxidae) from fishes off Lizard Island, Australia.
abstract: Four new species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 are described from the gall bladders of fishes collected off Lizard Island, Australia. These species are characterised using a combination of morphometric and molecular data. Ceratomyxa bartholomewae sp. n. is described from Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes) (family Hemirhamphidae); C. koieae sp. n. is described from Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier (family Sphyraenidae); C. pantherini sp. n. is described from Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell) (family Bothidae) and C. reidi sp. n. is described from Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus (family Chaetodontidae). A fifth species from Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch) (family Acanthuridae) is also reported but due to limited material is not formally described here.
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Program, Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicole L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Gunter
authors.forename: Mieke A A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Adlard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000469:parasitology; D055764:Myxozoa / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity