Ultrastructural data on the life cycle stages of Myxobolus braziliensis n. sp., parasite of an Amazonian fish

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Casal, Graça ^a   Matos, Edilson ^b   Azevedo, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bunocephalus coracoideus; Life cycle; Myxobolus braziliensis n. sp.; Myxozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030042224     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(96)80047-2     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Aragão H. (1918): Myxobolus lutzi n. sp. (communication on Brazilian Soc. of Sci. In 17 de Junho de 1918). In: Revista da Soc. Brasileira de Sci. 1919, 3, 235.
2. Azevedo C., Lom J., and Corral L.(1989): Ultrastructural aspects of Myxidium giardi (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), parasite of the European eel Anguilla anguilla. Dis. Aquat. Org., 6, 55-61.
3. Azevedo C. and Matos E. (1989): Some ultrastructural data on the spore development in a Henneguya sp. parasite of the gill of a Brazilian fish. Parasitol. Res., 76, 131-134.
4. Desser S. S. and Paterson W. S. (1978): Ultrastructural and cytochemical observation on sporogenesis of Myxobolus sp. (Myxosporida: Myxobolidae) from the common shiner Notropis cornutus. J. Protozool., 25, 314-326.
5. Guilford H. G. (1963): New species of Myxosporidia found in percid fishes from Green Bay (Lake Michigan). J. Parasitol., 49, 474-478.
6. Hine P. M. (1977): Myxobolus incundus n. sp. (Sporozoa: Myxosporidea) parasitic in Galaxias maculutus (Jenyns, 1842) in New Zealand. J. R. Soc. N. Z., 7, 157-161.
7. Kent M. L. and Huffman G. L. (1984): Two new species of Myxozoa, Myxobolus inaequus sp. n. and Henneguya theca sp. n. from of a South American knife fish, Eigemannia virescens (v.). J. Protozool., 31, 91-94.
8. Kudo R. R. (1919): Studies on Myxosporidia. III Biol. Monogr. 5, 241-503.
9. Landsberg J. H. (1987): Myxosporean parasites of the catfish, Clarias lazera (Valenciennes). System. Parasitol., 9, 73-81.
10. Landsberg J. H. and Lom J. (1991): Taxonomy of the genera of the Myxobolus/Myxosoma a group (Myxobolidae: Myxosporea), current listing of species and revision of synonyms. System. Parasitol., 18, 165-186.
11. Lom J. (1969): Notes on the ultrastructure and sporoblast development in fish parasitizing myxosporidian of the genus Sphaeromyxa. Z. Zellforsch., 97, 416-437.
12. Lom J. and Arthur J. R. (1989): A guideline for preparations of species descriptions in Myxosporea. J. Fish Dis., 12, 151-156.
13. Lom J., Feist S.W., Dyková I., and Kepr T. (1989): Brain myxoboliasis of bullhead, Cottus gobio L., due to Myxobolus jiroveci sp. nov.: light and electron microscope observations. J. Fish Dis., 12, 15-17.
14. Lom J. and Puytorac P. (1965): Studies on the myxosporidian ultrastructure and polar capsule development. Protistologica, 1, 53-65.
15. Molnár K. and Békési L. (1993): Description of a new Myxobolus species, M. colossomatis n. sp. from the teleost Colossoma macropomum of the Amazon River basin. Appl. Ichthyol., 9, 57-63.
16. Nemeczek A. (1926): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Myxosporidienfauna Brasiliens. Arch. Protistenkd., 54, 137-150.
17. Parker J. D., Spalli R. D., and Warner M. C. (1971): Two new Myxosporida, Henneguya gambusi sp. n. and Myxosoma pharyngeus sp. n. in the mosquito fish Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard). J. Parasitol., 57, 1297-1301.
18. Penido J. C. N. (1927): Quelques nouvelles Myxosporidies parasites des poissons d'eau douce du Brésil. C. R. Soc, Biol. (Paris), 97, 850-852.
19. Pinto C. (1928a): Myxosporideos e outros protozoários intestinais de peixes observados na América do Sul. Arch. Inst. Biol., 1, 101-140.
20. Pinto C. (1928b): Myxobolus noguchii, M. stokesi, Henneguya iheringi, espécies novas de Myxosporidios de peixes de água doce do Brasil. Bol. Biol., 12, 41-43.
21. Ray Chaudhuri S. and Chakravarty M. M. (1970): Studies on Myxosporida (Protozoa, Sporozoa) from the food fishes of Bengal. I. Three new species from Ophicephalus punctatus. Bloch. Acta Protozoologica, 8, 167-173.
22. Rocha E., Matos E., and Azevedo C. (1992): Henneguya amazonica n. sp. (Myxozoa, Myxobolidae), parasitizing the gills of Crenicichla lepidota Heckel, 1840 (Teleostei Cichlidae) from Amazon River. Europ. J. ProtistoL, 28, 273-278.
23. Seenappa D. and Manohar L. (1981): Five new species of Myxobolus (Myxosporea: Protozoa), parasitic in Cirrihina mrigala (Hamilton) and Labeo nohita (Hamilton) with a note on a host record for M. curmucae Seenappa & Manohar, 1980. J. Protozool., 28, 358-360.
24. Walliker D. (1969): Myxosporidea of some Brazilian freshwater fishes J. Parasitol., 55, 942-948.