Myxidium volitans sp. nov., a parasite of the gallbladder of the fish, Dactylopterus volitans (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic coast: morphology and pathology

Myxidium volitans sp. nov., a parasite of the gallbladder of the fish, Dactylopterus volitans (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic coast: morphology and pathology

Myxidium volitans sp. nov. (Myxozoa: Myxidiidae) parasitizing the hypertrophied green-brownish gallbladder of the teleost Dactylopterus volitans, collected in the Atlantic coast near Niterói, Brazil was described based on ultrastructural studies. The spores were fusiform, sometimes slightly crescent...

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Main Authors: Carlos Azevedo, Graça Casal, Sérgio Carmona São Clemente, Leila Maria Silva Lopes, Patrícia Matos, Abdel Azeem Abdel-Baki, Elsa Oliveira, Edilson Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Myxozoa
Myxidium volitans sp. nov.
gallbladder
spore
ultrastructure
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000500007&lng=en&tlng=en

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