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Myxobolus spirosulcatus n. sp. (Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) infecting the bile duct of the yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata from Japan

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Myxobolus spirosulcatus n. sp. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida), infecting the cultured yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata, is described. M. spirosulcatus n. sp. was found in the bile duct of yellowtails collected in the southern part of Japan during June 1990. The plasmodium of the new species has various shapes and contains a vegetative form plus maturing and mature spores. Mature spores, on average, measure 8.9 μm in length, 7.8 μm in width and 6.7 μm in thickness. The unique morphological characteristics of the new species are spiral furrows in the peripheral part of the spore valves.

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  1. National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Nansei, 516-01, Mie, Japan

    Yukio Maeno & Minoru Sorimachi

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazuo Ogawa

  3. School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK

    Graham C. Kearn

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Maeno, Y., Sorimachi, M., Ogawa, K. et al. Myxobolus spirosulcatus n. sp. (Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) infecting the bile duct of the yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata from Japan. Syst Parasitol 31, 189–193 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009116

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