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Redescription of Balantidium polyvacuolum Li 1963, collected from the hindgut of Xenocypris davidi and Xenocypris argentea, from Niushan Lake Fishery (30°19′ N, 114°31′ E) in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in April and June 2007 is presented in this paper to complete Li’s description at both light and scanning electronic microscopic levels. The unique body shape of B. polyvacuolum—highly arched dorsal side and flattened ventral surface—as well as its remarkable concave platelet present in the centroventral were well described and compared with other close Balantidium species. Besides, two types of vestibulum shape are observed in our present work, which may suggest the existence of two subspecies or genotype species of these balantidia.
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We express sincere thanks to Prof. WS Feng for providing help in photomicrograph and Mrs XP Yuan (senior engineer) for the preparation of SEM specimens. We are especially grateful to Prof. Grim JN for his generous supply of “old” reprints. Financial support for this study was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 30870275) and the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology (2009FB08) and the Fund of Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science (2009A001)
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Li, M., Wang, C., Wang, J. et al. Redescription of Balantidium polyvacuolum Li 1963 (Class: Litostomatea) inhabiting the intestines of Xenocyprinae fishes in Hubei, China. Parasitol Res 106, 177–182 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1645-0
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