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Characterisation of two novel types of hexactinomyxon spores (Myxozoa) with subsidiary protrusions on their caudal processes.
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 20 Jun 2003
Hallett Sascha L, Atkinson Stephen D, Schöl Heidron, El-Matbouli Mansour
Abstract excerpt
Two types of hexactinomyxon spores, Hexactinomyxon type 1 nov. and Hexactinomyxon type 2 nov., are reported from freshwater tubificid oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri and L. udekemianus. Spores are triradially symmetrical and comprise a spore body, style and 6 caudal processes. The caudal processes arise from the division of each of the 3 valve cells into an equal pair of projections at the base of the...
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