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Chiraz Yemmen1, Szilvia Marton, Edit Eszterbauer, Sihem Bahri.
Abstract
A new marine myxosporean species, Ceratomyxa aegyptiaca n. sp. is described from the gall-bladder of Solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud collected from the Ghar El Melh Lagoon in northeastern Tunisia. Mature spores are elongate and crescent-shaped, measuring 8-11 μm in length and 48-58 μm in width. The polar capsules are spherical, 3.2-4 μm in diameter and equal in size. Trophozoites are polysporous and float free in the bile or are attached on the epithelium of the gall-bladder. Morphological data and molecular analysis based on 18S rDNA sequences are provided. The 18S rDNA of C. aegyptiaca is readily distinguishable from that of other myxozoan species, as the genetically most similar myxozoan parasite, C. seriolae Yokoyama & Fukuda, 2001 (AB530265) collected from Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck & Schlegel in Japanese waters, shares with it only 67.5% identical nucleotides over a 1,680-bp long fragment of 18S rDNA.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22890377 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9365-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Syst Parasitol ISSN: 0165-5752 Impact factor: 1.431