Global InformationCeratonova shasta information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Myxosporea |
| Order: | Bivalvulida |
| Family: | Ceratomyxidae |
| Genus: | Ceratonova |
| Species: | C. shasta
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratonova shasta Noble, 1950[1]
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Ceratonova shasta (syn. Ceratomyxa shasta) is a myxosporean parasite that infects salmonid fish on the Pacific coast of North America. It was first observed at the Crystal Lake Hatchery, Shasta County, California, and has now been reported from Idaho, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska.[2]
- ^ Noble, Elmer R. (October 1950). "On a myxosporidian (protozoan) parasite of California trout". The Journal of Parasitology. 36 (5): 457–60. doi:10.2307/3273172. JSTOR 3273172. PMID 14795328.
- ^ Bartholomew, J.L.; Rohovec, J.S.; Fryer, J.L. (1989). Fish Disease Leaflet 80 | Ceratomyxa shasta, a Myxosporean Parasite of Salmonids. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Report). Retrieved 17 November 2020.