Talk:Myxozoa

HOX genes
"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.

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

Cnidarians?
Are Myxozoa Cnidarians? 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)

This might help: TY - JOUR T1 - New phylogenomic and comparative analyses provide corroborating evidence that Myxozoa is Cnidaria AU - Feng, Jin-Mei AU - Xiong, Jie AU - Zhang, Jin-Yong AU - Yang, Ya-Lin AU - Yao, Bin AU - Zhou, Zhi-Gang AU - Miao, Wei VL - 81 PY - 2014 SP - 10 EP - 18 JF - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution SN - 1055-7903 ER -

Kind regards, 134.245.146.38 (talk) 11:04, 28 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Since the Wikiverse appears now to accept that myxozoa are cnidarians, we might correct language throughout, e.g. "...Integrated into the layer of valve cells are two to four specialized capsulogenic cells (in a few cases, one or even 15), each carrying a polar capsule containing coiled polar filaments, an extrudable organelle used for recognition, contact and infiltration.[14] Myxospores are ingested by annelids, in which the polar filaments extrude to anchor the spore to the gut epithelium...." (Life cycle and pathology), in light of "Like other cnidarians they possess cnidocysts, which were referred to as 'polar capsules' before the discovery that myxozoans are cnidarians.... " (Anatomy) Scutigera (talk) 20:56, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)

Spore or Cyst
Isn't the correct name for a protozoan and metazoan spore a cyst? --kupirijo (talk) 20:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Handful of cells
The lede claims that myxozoa are a "handful of cells", but taken literally, many trillions of cells can fit into your hand quite easily.

Mice are literally a handful of cells. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.101.124 (talk • contribs)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. I've rephrased it. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 23:36, 10 July 2021 (UTC)