Marteilia
| Marteilia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Endomyxa |
| Class: | Ascetosporea |
| Order: | Paramyxida |
| Family: | Marteiliidae |
| Genus: | Marteilia Grizel et al., 1974 |
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Marteilia is a protozoan genus of organisms that are parasites of bivalves. It causes QX disease in Sydney rock oysters and Aber disease in European flat oysters. After being infected by Marteilia, bivalves lose pigmentation in their visceral tissue, and become emaciated (Carrasco, Green, & Itoh, 2015).