ULTRASTRUCTURE OF UNIKARYON-NOMIMOSCOLEXI N-SP (MICROSPORIDA, UNIKARYONIDAE), A PARASITE OF NOMIMOSCOLEX SP (CESTODA, PROTEOCEPHALIDEA) FROM THE GUT OF CLAROTES LATICEPS (PISCES, TELEOSTE, BAGRIDAE)

Authors
SENE A BA CT MARCHAND B TOGUEBAYE BS
Citation
A. Sene et al., ULTRASTRUCTURE OF UNIKARYON-NOMIMOSCOLEXI N-SP (MICROSPORIDA, UNIKARYONIDAE), A PARASITE OF NOMIMOSCOLEX SP (CESTODA, PROTEOCEPHALIDEA) FROM THE GUT OF CLAROTES LATICEPS (PISCES, TELEOSTE, BAGRIDAE), Diseases of aquatic organisms, 29(1), 1997, pp. 35-40
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Diseases of aquatic organisms → ACNP
ISSN journal
01775103
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
35 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0177-5103(1997)29:1<35:UOUN(U>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Unikaryon nomimoscolexi n. sp. was examined ty electron microscopy fro m material collected in Senegal (West Africa). It parasitizes adult of Nomimoscolex sp. (Cestoda) from the gut of the freshwater fish Clarot es laticeps. The microsporidium is parasitic in parenchymal cells. All live cycle stages have isolated nuclei. Merogony and sporogony take p lace in direct contact with the host cell cytoplasm and ultimately giv e rise to unikaryotic sporoblasts and spores. The sporogony is disporo blastic. The spores are ovoid ant measure, in thin sections, 3.43 +/- 0.4 x 1.51 +/- 0.18 mu m. The polaroplast has an anterior lamellar par t and a posterior vesicular part. The polar tube is isofilar and is ar ranged in 6 to 8 coils.