ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY OF SPHAEROMYXA-BALBIANII, THELOHAN 1892 (MYXOZOA, MYXOSPOREA, BIVALVULIDA), A PARASITE OF CEPOLA-MACROPHTHALMA, LINNAEUS 1758

Authors
GRACIA MP MAILLO PA AMIGO JM SALVADO H
Citation
Mp. Gracia et al., ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY OF SPHAEROMYXA-BALBIANII, THELOHAN 1892 (MYXOZOA, MYXOSPOREA, BIVALVULIDA), A PARASITE OF CEPOLA-MACROPHTHALMA, LINNAEUS 1758, Acta protozoologica, 36(3), 1997, pp. 171-179
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Acta protozoologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00651583
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
171 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0065-1583(1997)36:3<171:UOST1(>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An ultrastructural study of Sphaeromyxa balbianii has been carried out for the first time. The parasite was found in the gall bladder of Cep ola macrophthalma caught in the Catalan coasts (NW Mediterranean). The trophozoites of S. balbianii were polysporal plasmodia of big size (4 -6 mm) acid discoid shape. A variable number of plasmodia could be fou nd free inside each gall bladder. The spores, proved to be one of the most defining parameters at species level. There were straight and siz ed 15.82 x 4.84 mu m showing two polar capsules at the opposite ends. A discussion on the ultrastructure of the parasites as well as on the taxonomy of the genus Sphaeromyxa is provided.