WoRMS taxon details
original description
Ruiz, M.; López, C.; Lee, R.-S.; Rodríguez, R.; Darriba, S. (2016). A novel paramyxean parasite, Marteilia octospora n. sp. (Cercozoa) infecting the Grooved Razor Shell clam Solen marginatus from Galicia (NW Spain). <em>Journal of Invertebrate Pathology.</em> 135: 34-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2016.02.002 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species epithet is derived from the Latin ‘‘octo spora” (eight spores) making reference to the number of spores observed in this species, the highest number of species detected in the genus Marteilia until now. [details]
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