Table 6 Pairwise distances and sequence similarities (%) for the 18S rDNA of Myxobolus gonionoti n. sp., Myxobolus barbonymi n. sp., Myxobolus faizahae n. sp., Thelohanellus gonionoti n. sp., Thelohanellus barbonymi n. sp., Myxobolus dykovae, Thelohanellus zahrahae, and closely related species. The sequence from the present study is in bold.

From: Biodiversity and five novel species of myxozoan parasites in Barbonymus spp. (Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes) from Malaysia

Sequence

Genetic distance

Sequence similarities (%)

Myxobolus gonionoti n. sp. PV665937

 Myxobolus barbonymi n. sp. PV665939

0.088

91.2

 Myxobolus macrocapsularis AF507969

0.230

77.0

Myxobolus barbonymi n. sp. PV665939

 Myxobolus pseudodispar KU340979

0.073

92.7

 Myxobolus musculi JQ388891

0.074

92.6

 Myxobolus klamathellus KX261616

0.077

92.3

 Myxobolus bhadrensis KX832046

0.079

92.1

 Myxobolus sp. AY591531

0.079

92.1

Myxobolus faizahae n. sp. PV665938

 Myxobolus bhadrensis KX832046

0.056

94.4

 Myxobolus kingchowensis MH521302

0.058

94.2

 Myxobolus cyprini AF380140

0.067

93.3

 Myxobolus pseudodispar KU340979

0.068

93.2

 Myxobolus klamathellus KX261616

0.069

93.1

 Myxobolus artus. OQ725582

0.069

93.1

Theohanellus barbonymi n. sp. PV665941

 Theohanellus gonionoti n. sp. PV665940

0.011

98.9

 Thelohanellus sp. MK332024

0.014

98.6

 Thelohanellus zahrahae PV647347

0.017

98.3

 Thelohanellus zahrahae EU643622

0.017

98.3

Thelohanellus zahrahae PV647345

 Thelohanellus zahrahae EU643622

0.003

99.7

 Myxobolus dykovae PV647344

 Myxobolus dykovae EU643627

0.006

99.4