Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015

This book provides an up-to-date review of the biology of myxozoans, which represent a divergent clade of endoparasitic cnidarians. Myxozoans are of fundamental interest in understanding how early diverging metazoans have adopted parasitic lifestyles, and are also of considerable economic and ecological concern as endoparasites of fish. Synthesizing recent research, the chapters explore issues such as myxozoan origins; evolutionary trends and diversification; development and life cycles; interactions with hosts; immunology; disease ecology; the impacts of climate change on disease; risk assessment; emerging diseases; and disease mitigation. This comprehensive work will appeal to a wide readership, from invertebrate zoologists, evolutionary biologists and developmental biologists to ecologists and parasitologists. It will also be of great practical interest to fisheries and conservation biologists. The identification of key areas for future research will appeal to scientists at all levels.

Contents

1 An introduction to myxozoan evolution, ecology and development

Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, Jerri L. Bartholomew

Part I: Origins, Evolutionary Trends and Diversification

2 Myxozoan affinities and route to endoparasitism

Beth Okamura and Alexander Gruhl

3 Cnidarian origins of the Myxozoa

Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl and Abigail J. Reft

4 Adaptive radiation and evolution within the Myxozoa

Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Beth Okamura, Hanna Hartikainen

5 Classification and phylogenetics of Myxozoa

Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps

6 Approaches for characterizing myxozoan species

Stephen D. Atkinson, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps, Jerri L. Bartholomew

7 Myxozoans exploiting homeotherms

Sascha L. Hallett, Stephen D. Atkinson, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Csaba Székely

Part II: Development and Life Cycles

8 Cellular processes in myxozoans

Stephen W. Feist, David J. Morris, Gema Alama-Bermejo and Astrid S. Holzer

9 Tissue characteristics and development in Myxozoa

Alexander Gruhl and Beth Okamura

Edit Eszterbauer, Stephen Atkinson, Arik Diamant, David Morris, Mansour El-Matbouli, Hanna Hartikainen

Part III: Host-Parasite Interactions

11 Ecology and evolution of malacosporean-bryozoan interactions

Hanna Hartikainen and Beth Okamura

12 Annelid-myxosporean interactions

Julie D. Alexander, Billie L Kerans, Mansour El-Matbouli, Sascha L. Hallett and Lori Stevens

13 Transmission of myxozoans to vertebrate hosts

Dennis M. Kallert, Daniel S. Grabner, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Mansour El-Matbouli, Edit Eszterbauer

14 Fish immune responses to Myxozoa

Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli, Jason W. Holland, Chris J. Secombes

15 Host and environmental influences on development of disease

Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli

16 Specificity of infection sites in vertebrate hosts

Kálmán Molnár and Edit Eszterbauer

Part IV: Disease Ecology

17 Comparative epidemiology of myxozoan diseases

Inês Fontes, Sascha L. Hallett, and Tor Atle Mo

18 Myxozoans on the move: dispersal modes, exotic species and emerging diseases

Sascha L. Hallett, Ashlie Hartigan and Stephen D. Atkinson

19 Modeling the effects of climate change on disease severity: A case study of Ceratonova (syn Ceratomyxa) shasta in the Klamath River

R. Adam Ray, Julie D. Alexander, Patrick De Leenheer and Jerri L. Bartholomew

20 Risk assessments and approaches for evaluating myxozoan disease impacts

Jerri L. Bartholomew and Billie Kerans

21 Mitigating myxozoan disease impacts on wild fish populations

Simon R.M. Jones, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Jin Yong Zhang

Offers readers a comprehensive overview of the field

Written by international experts

Supports further research by identifying essential open questions

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras