DISTRIBUTION, HOST SPECTRUM AND ULTRASTRU CTURE OF THELOHANIA-MUELLERI, PFEIFFER 1895 (MICROSPORIDA)

Authors
FRIEDRICH C KEPKA O LORENZ E
Citation
C. Friedrich et al., DISTRIBUTION, HOST SPECTRUM AND ULTRASTRU CTURE OF THELOHANIA-MUELLERI, PFEIFFER 1895 (MICROSPORIDA), Archiv fur Protistenkunde, 146(2), 1995, pp. 201-205
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Archiv fur Protistenkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039365
Volume
146
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
201 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9365(1995)146:2<201:DHSAUC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The microsporidium Thelohania muelleri (PFEIFFER, 1895) has been detec ted in the amphipods Gammarus roeseli and Gammarus fossarum. These hos ts were collected in the Austrian countries Steiermark, Burgenland and Vorarlberg as well as in Croatia. The mean spore sizes differed depen ding on the host species, geographical origin and between host individ uals from the same location. An explanation for these features is disc ussed. A hitherto poorly known stage in the lifecycle, the merogonial plasmodium with diplokarya, is briefly described.