Bonamia exitiosa Hine et al., 2001 is proposed instead of B. exitiosus as the valid name of Bonamia sp infecting flat oysters Ostrea chilensis in New Zealand

Type Article
Date 2003-12
Language English
Author(s) Berthe Franck, Hine Mike
Affiliation(s) IFREMER, OIE Reference Lab Bonamiosis, EU Community Reference Lab Mollusc Dis, Lab Genet & Pathol, F-17390 La Tremblade, France.
Natl Ctr Dis Invest, Minist Agr & Forestry, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Source Diseases of aquatic organisms (depuis 2001) (0177-5103) (Inter-Research), 2003-12 , Vol. 57 , N. 1-2 , P. 181
WOS© Times Cited 27
Keyword(s) Zoological nomenclature, Bonamia exitiosa
Abstract A parasite of the dredge oyster Ostrea chilensis Philippi, previously known as Bonamia sp., was recently described and named Bonamia exitiosus, based on ultrastructural and molecular evidence. The rules governing the names of organisms require correspondence of gender, and the name must be changed from B. exitiosus to B. exitiosa.
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Berthe Franck, Hine Mike (2003). Bonamia exitiosa Hine et al., 2001 is proposed instead of B. exitiosus as the valid name of Bonamia sp infecting flat oysters Ostrea chilensis in New Zealand. Diseases of aquatic organisms (depuis 2001), 57(1-2), 181. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2843/