title: Light- and electron-microscope description of Kudoa paralichthys n. sp. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) from the brain of cultured olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus in Korea.
abstract: A new Myxosporea, Kudoa paralichthys n. sp., is described from the brain of cultured olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus in South Korea. Mature spores were quadrate in apical view, measuring 5.19 +/- 0.54 microm in length, 8.23 +/- 0.50 microm in width, and 6.87 +/- 0.45 microm in thickness. Four valves were equal in size, each with 1 polar capsule. Polar capsules were pyriform in shape, measuring 2.2 +/- 0.22 microm in length and 1.2 +/- 0.14 microm in breadth. The sporoplasm consisted of a larger outer cell completely surrounding a smaller inner one, and had cytoplasmic projections. The junctions of shell valves were L-shaped. The sutural planes converged at the anterior ends of the spores and were associated with 4 small apex prominences in the central meeting point of the spores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, Pusan 608-737, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Bum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Ki Hong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005432:Flounder / Q000469:parasitology*; D007723:Korea; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000662:veterinary; D010802:Phylogeny; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D033761:Spores, Protozoan / Q000648:ultrastructure