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

10 Myxozoan life cycles: practical approaches and insights

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