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Zschokkella mugilis N. Sp. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from Mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae) of Mediterranean Waters: Light and Electron Microscopic Description
Article first published online: 1 MAY 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb04471.x
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SITJÀ-BOBADILLA, A. and ALVAREZ-PELLITERO, P. (1993), Zschokkella mugilis N. Sp. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from Mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae) of Mediterranean Waters: Light and Electron Microscopic Description. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 40: 755–764. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb04471.x
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- Issue published online: 1 MAY 2007
- Article first published online: 1 MAY 2007
- Received 10-26-92 4-22-93 6-18-93 accepted 6-22-93
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Keywords:
- Cytochemistry;
- parasites;
- sporogenesis;
- ultrastructure.
ABSTRACT
A new Myxosporea, Zschokkella mugilis n. sp., was found in the gall bladder of several mugilids. It is distinguished from all previously reported Zschokkella from mugilids by the absence of valve ornamentation and from other species by the size of the spores. Prevalence of infection was 62.5% for Mugil capito, 70% for M. cephalus and 64.3% for Liza saliens. Plasmodia with rhizoids attached to epithelial cells appeared to compromise the host as evidenced in light and transmission electron micrographs presented herein. General ultrastructure and disporous sporogenesis of Z. mugilis resembled other Myxosporeans, but sporogonic cells did not seem to be formed in pansporoblasts.