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Morphological observations, morphometric measurements, and phylogenetic analyses based on 18\u00a0S rDNA sequences were conducted to identify the parasites.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of the 47 fish specimens examined, 12 were infected by two distinct myxozoan species. One was identified as\n                      <jats:italic>Pseudalataspora vanderlingeni<\/jats:italic>\n                      based on morphology, morphometry, and molecular data. The second species,\n                      <jats:italic>Ceratomyxa<\/jats:italic>\n                      sp., which could be identified to the genus level based solely on spore morphology, was consistently found co-infecting fish hosts of the previously identified parasite species. Notably, its spore morphology differed from that of the six\n                      <jats:italic>Ceratomyxa<\/jats:italic>\n                      species previously recorded in Turkish marine waters.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study presents the second global record of\n                      <jats:italic>Pseudalataspora vanderlingeni<\/jats:italic>\n                      since its original description, representing the first report of both the species and the genus\n                      <jats:italic>Pseudalataspora<\/jats:italic>\n                      in Turkish waters. Additionally, a new\n                      <jats:italic>Ceratomyxa<\/jats:italic>\n                      taxon from the same region in Turkish waters was also documented. Together with the previous reports, the results in this study suggest that\n                      <jats:italic>P. vanderlingeni<\/jats:italic>\n                      is a common myxozoan parasite of\n                      <jats:italic>Merluccius<\/jats:italic>\n                      species along the southern Atlantic coasts of Africa, with its range extending into the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding waters. Additionally, this study also presents\n                      <jats:italic>Ceratomyxa<\/jats:italic>\n                      as one of the possible common myxozoan parasites of\n                      <jats:italic>Merluccius<\/jats:italic>\n                      species in the Mediterranean and adjacent seas.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11686-026-01232-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,24]],"date-time":"2026-03-24T06:40:03Z","timestamp":1774334403000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Biological Diversity and Parasitological Peculiarities of Myxosporea (Cnidaria, Myxozoa) Infecting Merluccius Merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Sea of Marmara"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"Derya","family":"Yadak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8378-7109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cem Tolga","family":"G\u00fcrkanli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sevilay","family":"Okkay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Y\u0131lmaz","family":"\u00c7\u0130ft\u00e7\u0130","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmet","family":"\u00d6zer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"1232_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Casey J, Pereiro J (1995) European hake (M. merluccius) in the North-east Atlantic. 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