Myxobolus bjoerknae, Molnár & Székely & Guti & Eszterbauer, 2014

Molnár, Kálmán, Székely, Csaba, Guti, Csaba F. & Eszterbauer, Edit, 2014, Two new Myxobolus spp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) from white bream, Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) developing in basifilamental location of gills, Acta Protozoologica 53 (3), pp. 277-285 : 279

Myxobolus bjoerknae sp. n. ( Figs 1a , 2a, b , 3 )

Type host: White bream Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Cyprinidae ).

Figures

Fig. 1. a – spores of Myxobolus bjoerknae sp. n. infecting the cartilaginous gill arch in frontal view; inset: spores in sutural view; b – spores of M. lamellobasis sp. n. from the base of the gill filaments in frontal view; inset: spores in sutural view. Scale bars: 10 µm.

Fig. 2. Schematic illustration of Myxobolus spp. myxospores. a – M. bjoerknae sp. n. in frontal view, b – in sutural view; c – M. lamellobasis sp. n. in frontal view, d – in sutural view. Scale bar: 10 µm.

Fig. 3. Histological section of the cartilaginous gill arch of white bream. p – plasmodium of Myxobolus bjoerknae sp. n., c – cartilaginous base of the filaments, f – gill filament, ct – connective tissue; arrows indicate gill lamellae. Haematoxylin and eosin staining (H & E). Scale bar: 100 µm.