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Morphological and molecular characterization of Ceratomyxa gurnardi sp. n. (Myxozoa: Ceratomyxidae) infecting the gallbladder of the grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus (L.) (Scorpaeniformes, Triglidae)

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The myxosporean specimens were noted in grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus (L.) from the area near the Shetland Islands. The structure and dimensions of its vegetative stage differ from earlier descriptions. A sequence of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene obtained during the current study differs from other Ceratomyxa spp. available in GenBank. A phylogenetic position of parasite based on the 18S rDNA fragment was estimated. The proposed name for this myxosporean is Ceratomyxa gurnardi sp. n.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Mr. W. Szaszkiewicz for providing the specimens of E. gurnardus. Thanks are also due to Dr. J. Szulc and Mr. M. Więcaszek for technical support.

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  1. Department of Hydrobiology, Ichthyology and Biotechnology of Breeding, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

    Ewa Sobecka & Beata Więcaszek

  2. Department of Tropical Parasitology, Inter Faculty Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

    Beata Szostakowska

  3. Department of Molecular Evolution, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

    Marek S. Ziętara

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Sobecka, E., Szostakowska, B., Ziętara, M.S. et al. Morphological and molecular characterization of Ceratomyxa gurnardi sp. n. (Myxozoa: Ceratomyxidae) infecting the gallbladder of the grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus (L.) (Scorpaeniformes, Triglidae). Parasitol Res 112, 731–735 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-3193-2

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