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A coccidian cyst stage in musculature ofLiza subviridis (Mugilidae)

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Cysts containing coccidian merozoites, tentatively identified as hemogregarines, are described from muscles of juvenileLiza subviridis Valenciennes 1836 (Mugilidae) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Cysts consisted of aggregates of infected macrophage-like cells bound by a fibroblast envelope. Up to 20 merozoites were present in each infected cell histological section. Ultrastructural study revealed merozoites with structural similarities to previously described species ofHaemogregarina. The encysted merozoites are suggested to be a dormant stage, acquired and transmitted through predation or necrophagy among nonspecific host fish.

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Abbreviations

A :

Apical complex

C :

Conoid

D :

Desmosomes

F :

Non infected macrophage

FB :

Fibroblast envelope

FM :

Free merozoites

G :

Golgi body

IL :

Inner membrane with beaded pattern

M :

Mitochondrium

MN :

Micronemes

MT :

Microtubules

N :

Nucleus

NS :

Necrotic matrix

O :

Semilucent inclusions

OP :

Micropore

P :

Melanin pigment

PR :

Polar ring

Q :

Macrophage-like cell infected by a single merozoite

R :

Large residual body

RH :

Rhoptries

RS :

Crystalloid body

T :

Tubule

V :

Lucent vacuole

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  1. H. Steinitz Marine Biology Laboratory of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Eilat, Israel

    I. Paperna

  2. Zoology Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    I. Sabnai

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Research was supported by a grant from the GKSS Geesthacht, Tesperhude, FRG

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Paperna, I., Sabnai, I. A coccidian cyst stage in musculature ofLiza subviridis (Mugilidae). Z. Parasitenkd. 68, 161–170 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00935057

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