Global InformationEnteromyxum scophthalmi information
| Enteromyxum scophthalmi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Myxosporea |
| Order: | Bivalvulida |
| Family: | Myxidiidae |
| Genus: | Enteromyxum |
| Species: | E. scophthalmi
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| Binomial name | |
| Enteromyxum scophthalmi Palenzuela, Redondo & Alvarez-Pellitero, 2002[1]
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Enteromyxum scophthalmi is a species of parasitic myxozoan, a pathogen of fish.[2] It is an intestinal parasite of the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) and can cause outbreaks of disease in farmed fish. It causes a cachectic syndrome characterised by loss of weight, muscle atrophy, weakness and fatigue.
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Palenzuela et al. 2002was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Enteromyxum scophthalmi Palenzuela, Redondo & Alvarez-Pellitero, 2002". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.