Miamiensis avidus
| Miamiensis avidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| (unranked): | SAR
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| Phylum: | Ciliophora
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| Family: | Parauronematidae
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| Genus: | Miamiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Miamiensis avidus Thompson & Moewus, 1964[1]
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Miamiensis avidus is a species of unicellular marine eukaryote that is a parasite of many different types of fish. It is one of several organisms known to cause the fish disease scuticociliatosis and is considered an economically significant pathogen of farmed fish.[2] M. avidus is believed to be the cause of a 2017 die-off of fish and sharks in the San Francisco Bay.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
thompson_1964was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jung, Sung-Ju; Woo, Patrick T.K. (2012). "Chapter 5: Miamiensis avidus and related species". In Woo, Patrick T.K.; Buchmann, Kurt (eds.). Fish parasites: pathobiology and protection. Wallingford, Oxfordshire: CABI. pp. 73-91. ISBN 9781845938062.
- ^ Shaban, Bigad; Witte, Rachel; Horn, Michael. "Thousands of Sharks, Other Sea Life Mysteriously Die in San Francisco Bay". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 25 November 2017.