Tetracapsuloides
| Tetracapsuloides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Malacosporea |
| Order: | Malacovalvulida |
| Family: | Saccosporidae |
| Genus: | Tetracapsuloides Canning, Tops, Curry, Wood & Okamura (2002) |
| Species: | T. bryosalmonae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae Canning et al. (1999) | |
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Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae is a myxozoan parasite of salmonid fish. It is the only species currently recognized in the monotypic genus Tetracapsuloides. It is the cause of proliferative kidney disease (PKD), one of the most serious parasitic diseases of salmonid populations in Europe and North America. The disease can result in losses of up to 90% in infected populations.