LIGHT AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION OF CERATOMYXA-LABRACIS N-SP AND A REDESCRIPTION OF C-DIPLODAE (MYXOSPOREA, BIVALVULIDA) FROM WILD AND CULTURED MEDITERRANEAN-SEA BASS DICENTRARCHUS-LABRAX (L)(TELEOSTEI, SERRANIDAE)
A. Sitjabobadilla et P. Alvarezpellitero, LIGHT AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION OF CERATOMYXA-LABRACIS N-SP AND A REDESCRIPTION OF C-DIPLODAE (MYXOSPOREA, BIVALVULIDA) FROM WILD AND CULTURED MEDITERRANEAN-SEA BASS DICENTRARCHUS-LABRAX (L)(TELEOSTEI, SERRANIDAE), Systematic parasitology, 26(3), 1993, pp. 215-223
Two species of Ceratomyxa (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) were found in the
bile and gall-bladder of wild and cultured Mediterranean sea bass Dice
ntrarchus labrax. C. labracis n. sp. is described with fine, long late
ral processes. The second species is determined as C. dipledae Lubat,
Radujkovic, Marques & Bouix, 1989 and redescribed in absence of an ade
quate original description. Their taxonomic affinities with other spec
ies of the genus are discussed.