Talk:Myxozoa

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"More recent studies of Hox genes, however, point to an origin among the Bilateria." Can someone provide a source for this? I think this sort of thing is really interesting, and it's relevant for the Myxobolus cerebralis article I'm working on. Thanks in advance, Dave (talk) 04:23, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Never mind. I found it. I'll add the source to this article and to M. cerebralis.

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[edit] Number of Species

This page should say approximately how many species of myxozoa there are. --Savant13 13:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cnidarians?

Are Myxozoa Cnidarians? [1] Jimp 6Feb06

Note that that page is from 1995 -- older than the 2002 paper referenced by the article. The 2002 paper presents pretty strong evidence that they are bilaterians (and hence not cnidarians). --Chl 03:40, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures?

Are there any pictures out there of slime animals?Werothegreat 14:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I found pictures on the French wiki, why aren't they here?Werothegreat 14:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Polypodium

The polypodium link goes to a plant page, not a jellyfish page. Is there any reason for this? How can an animal be related that closely to an archaeplastid?

Fixed. Chl 22:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taxonomy

Cladistics 19: 164-169 says:

Surprisingly, Buddenbrockia has been shown to be conspecific with the malacosporean species Tetracapsula bryozoides Canning, Okamura & Curry, 1996, a conclusion based on morphology (Canning et al., 2002; Okamura et al., 2002) and small-subunit (=18S) ribosomal RNA (‘‘SSU’’ hereinafter; Monteiro et al., 2002).

But the Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae article claims,

Korotneff observed a myxozoan in the bryozoan, Plumatella fungosa, in 1892, which he described as Myxosporidium bryozoides.

What gives? What is the taxonomic status of the genus Myxosporidium? Is T. bryozoides a junior synonym of M. bryozoides? If so, why is Myxosporidium now invalid? And if so, why is the taxon Buddenbrockia plumatellae applied? I am at a loss here. Dysmorodrepanis 15:11, 24 January 2007 (UTC)