Sphaerospora ranae (Morelle, 1929)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Leptotheca ranae Thélohan, 1895 (nomen nudum); Leptotheca ranae Morelle, 1929; Wardia ohlmacheri Kudo, 1920 (in part)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1929 or before (Morelle, 1929)
Rediscovered in: 2000-2005 (Fiala, 2006 [material]; Jirků et al., 2007:1728 [rediscovery reported])
Distribution
Czech Republic
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Morelle, L. (1929). Une myxosporidie nouvelle de la grenouille rousse: Leptotheca ranae nov. sp. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles, Serie B 49: 146-148.
Other references:
Bartošová, P., Fiala, I., Jirků, M., Cinková, M., Caffara, M., Fioravanti, M. L., Atkinson, S. D., Bartholomew, J. L. and Holzer, A. S. (2013). Sphaerospora sensu stricto: Taxonomy, diversity and evolution of a unique lineage of myxosporeans (Myxozoa). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1): 93-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.026
Eiras, J. C. (2005). An overview on the myxosporeanparasites in amphibians and reptiles. Acta Parasitologica 50: 267-275.
Fiala, I. (2006). The phylogeny of Myxosporea (Myxozoa) based on small subunit ribosomal RNA gene analysis.International Journal for Parasitology 36: 1521-1534.
Jirků, M., Fiala, I. and Modrý, D. (2007). Tracing the genus Sphaerospora: rediscovery, redescription and phylogeny of the Sphaerospora ranae (Morelle, 1929) n. comb. (Myxosporea, Sphaerosporidae), with emendation of the genus Sphaerospora. Parasitology 134(12): 1727-1739. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182007003241
Patra, S., Bartošová-Sojková, P., Pecková, H., Fiala, I., Eszterbauer, E. and Holzer, A. S. (2018). Biodiversity and host-parasite cophylogeny of Sphaerospora (sensu stricto) (Cnidaria: Myxozoa). Parasites & Vectors 11(1): 347.
Thélohan, P. (1895). Recherches sur les Myxosporidies. Bulletin scientifique de France et Belgie 26: 100-394.
Whipps, C. W., Adlard, R., Atkinson, S. D. and Hoeksema, B. W.(2025). World List of Myxozoa. Sphaerospora ranae (Morelle, 1929). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1702239 on 2025-05-25