review of myxosporea of importance in salmonid fisheries and aquaculture in british columbia. | several myxosporean parasites are of importance in fisheries and aquaculture in british columbia. the pkx organism and ceratomyxa shasta noble, 1950 cause disease and mortality, kudoa thyrsites (gilchrist, 1924) and henneguya salminicola ward, 1919 are of importance because they infect somatic muscle, cause unsightly cysts and soft flesh, and thus reduce the market value of the fish. myxobolus arcticus pugachev et khokhlov, 1979, an apparently non-pathogenic species, along with h. salminicola, i ... | 1994 | 8050752 |