title: Henneguya episclera sp. n. (Protozoa: Myxosporida), a new myxosporidan from the eye of the pumpkinseed sunfish.
abstract: Henneguya episclera sp. n. is described from the episclera of the eye of the pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus). Mean spore dimensions (in micrometers) are: total length 62.6; spore length 21.7; spore thickness 8.0; spore breadth 8.7; tail lengths 37.1 and 40.9; polar capsule lengths 6.0 and 6.5; polar capsule breadths 2.7 and 3.0; polar capsule thickness 3.5; and vacuole 5 by 5.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000145:classification*; D005123:Eye / Q000469:parasitology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal