Comparative Parasitology 68(2) 2001 - Peru State College
Comparative Parasitology 68(2) 2001 - Peru State College
Comparative Parasitology 68(2) 2001 - Peru State College
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Figure 1. Spores of Myxobolus gibbosus. Scale bar = 10 [Jim.<br />
oval in valvular view, with blunt capsular edge.<br />
Spores 11.8 ± 0.9 (11-14, « = 10) long and<br />
10.6 ± 0.5 (10-1 1) wide. Width-to-length ratio<br />
1:1.09 ± 0.08 (1.05-1.3). Polar capsules oval,<br />
6.8 ± 0.3 (6-7) long and 4.0 ± 0.3 (3.5-4) wide,<br />
aligned almost parallel to each other. Polar filaments<br />
in 8-12 loose coils, lying up to 45° to long<br />
axis of capsule. Capsulogenic nuclei prominent,<br />
triangular. Shallow intercapsular appendix evident<br />
in some spores. Sutural ridge thin and<br />
smooth.<br />
Taxonomic summary<br />
HOST: Pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)<br />
(Centrarchidae); total length 6.2 cm, 1 +<br />
yr old.<br />
LOCALITY/COLLECTION DATE: Lake Sasajewan,<br />
Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada (45°35'N;<br />
78°30'W), 20 June 1994.<br />
CONE—DIAGNOSIS OF MYXOBOLUS 237<br />
SITE OF INFECTION: Connective tissue of gill<br />
arch.<br />
PREVALENCE AND INTENSITY OF INFECTION: One<br />
of 9 fish infected with 1 pseudocyst.<br />
SPECIMENS DEPOSITED: Photo-voucher USNPC<br />
No. 091157.00.<br />
Remarks<br />
Myxobolus gibbosus has not been reported in<br />
surveys of myxozoans in L. gibbosus from Algonquin<br />
Park (Cone and Anderson 1977a, b; Li<br />
and Desser, 1985). It was probably not overlooked,<br />
for the parasite has several distinct diagnostic<br />
features. It forms small but obvious<br />
pseudocysts in the connective tissue of the gill<br />
arch and produces round spores with a blunt<br />
capsular end. The polar capsules are relatively<br />
large, the length being about half the length of<br />
the spore, and they are arranged almost parallel<br />
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