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Morphotaxonomical description of three new species of Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from edible freshwater fishes of West Bengal, India

Authors: Subarna Ghosh, P. K. Bandyopadhyay

Published in: Journal of Parasitic Diseases | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

Three new species of Myxobolus are described from the mucous membrane around gill lamellae of carps of West Bengal. The new species have been named as M. muralidharani sp. n., M. nilimae sp. n. from Labeo rohita, and M. harpreetae sp. n. from Labeo bata respectively. Spores of M. muralidharani sp. n. measured 13.84 ± 0.049 (13–14) × 4.95–6 (5.35) µm, with two elongated equal sized polar capsules. Spores of M. nilimae sp. n. measured 15.9–17.1 (16.65) µm × 6.2–7.5 (6.9) µm, with two equal petal shaped polar capsules, 9.0–11 (10.4) µm × 3–3.5 (3.16) µm. In contrast to aforementioned two new species, M. harpreetae sp. n. had two unequal polar capsules, 8.7–9.2 (9.149) µm × 2.9–4.0 (3.45) µm and 7.6–8.3 (7.94) µm × 2.8–3.3 (2.9) µm in each spore, 11.4–13.8 (13.2) µm × 4.9–7.8 (6.51) µm.

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Title: Morphotaxonomical description of three new species of Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from edible freshwater fishes of West Bengal, India
Authors: Subarna Ghosh
P. K. Bandyopadhyay
Publication date: 01-03-2017
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Journal of Parasitic Diseases / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0971-7196
Electronic ISSN: 0975-0703
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-016-0757-6

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