title: Light and ultrastructural description of Meglitschia mylei n. sp. (myxozoa) from Myleus rubripinnis (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae) in the Amazon River system.
abstract: Meglitschia mylei n. sp. found in the gall bladder of the teleostean fish Myleus rubripinnis (Serrasalmidae) from the middle Amazonian region of Brazil is described using light and transmission electron microscopy. The spores observed in the bile averaged 24.6±0.8 μm long, 8.7±0.4 μm wide and 5.1±0.3 μm thick and were strongly furcate and arcuate ∩-shaped composed of two symmetric equal-sized valves, up to ∼70 nm thick. Each valve possessed one opposed tapering appendage, 20.1±0.7 μm long, oriented parallel towards the basal tip of the appendages and joined along a right suture line forming a thick strand. The strand goes around the central part of the spore, which in turn surrounds two equal and symmetric spherical polar capsules (PC), 2.1±0.3 μm in diameter, located at the same level. Each capsule contains a polar filament with five (rarely six) coils. The binucleate sporoplasm was irregular in shape, contained several sporoplasmosomes, ∼175 nm in diameter and filled all the space of the two caudal appendages. Based on the arc shape of the spore with two tapering caudal appendages oriented to the basis of spores, on the number and position of the PC and of the polar filament coils and arrangements, and on the host specificity, we propose the name M. mylei n. sp. for this new myxozoan. Accordingly, this is the second described species of this genus.
authors: Laboratory of Pathology, Department of Cell Biology, Centre Interdisciplinary for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/UP), Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS/UP), University of Porto, Lg. A. Salazar no. 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal. azevedoc@icbas.up.pt
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Azevedo
authors: Mariana
authors: M
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Sérgio C S
authors: SC
authors: Clemente
authors: Graça
authors: G
authors: Casal
authors: Leila
authors: L
authors: Lopes
authors: Patrícia
authors: P
authors: Matos
authors: Saleh A
authors: SA
authors: Al-Quraishy
authors: Edilson
authors: E
authors: Matos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D060126:Characidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D055764:Myxozoa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D045483:Rivers; D033761:Spores, Protozoan / Q000166:cytology