title: [THE DESCRIPTION OF MYXOBOLUS PELECICOLA SP. NOV. (MYXOZOA: MYXOBOLIDAE) FROM PELECUS CULTRATUS (CYPRINIFORMES, CYPRINIDAE)].
abstract: Morphological study of myxosporean parasites Myxobolus pelecicola sp. n. from Pele- cus cultratus (L., 1758), is presented. Presporogenic stage not observed. Polysporous, el- lipsoidal. plasmodia up to 1.2 mm in length and 0.1 to 0.4 mm in width develop in the ske- letal musculature. Mature spores elongate oval or oval form in frontal view, lens-shaped in sutural view. Length of spores 16.5 ± 0.83 (14.9-18.0), width 12.1 ± 0.63 (11.6-13.3) (n = 50), thickness 7.8 ± 0.3 (7.4-8.3) µm (n = 10). Polar capsules pyriform, unequal, length of large 8.0 ± 0.44 (7.5-8.8), small 7.6 ± 0.26 (7.2-7.8), width of large 4.5 ± 0.22 (4.2-4.7), small 4.0 ± 0.21 (3.8-4.3) µm. Five to 6 distinct filament coils oriented obli- quely to capsule length, found in polar capsule. The length of extruded (in water) filament up to 130 µm. Large, but indistinct triangular intercapsular appendix present in spores. Single rodlet inclusion is very often observed in the posterior part of spore. Mucous enve- lope is absent. The type host of Myxobolus pelecicola sp. n. is sabrefish Pelecus cultratus (L., 1758). Type locality: Finnish Bay (60°05' N 29°55' E) and Ladoga lake (60°07' N 32°19' E), Russia.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Voronin
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Dudin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D061006:Bays; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D060106:Lakes; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology; D055766:Myxobolus / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D033761:Spores, Protozoan / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure