Morphotaxonomical description of three new species ofMyxobolusBütschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from edible freshwater fishes of West Bengal, India.
Three new species ofMyxobolusare described from the mucous membrane around gill lamellae of carps of West Bengal. The new species have been named asM.muralidharanisp. n.,M.nilimaesp. n. fromLabeo rohita, andM. harpreetaesp. n. fromLabeo batarespectively. Spores ofM.muralidharanisp. n. measured 13.84 ± 0.049 (13-14) × 4.95-6 (5.35) µm, with two elongated equal sized polar capsules. Spores ofM. nilimaesp. n. measured 15.9-17.1 (16.65) µm × 6.2-7.5 (6.9) µm, with two equal petal shaped polar capsules, 9.0-11 (10.4) µm × 3-3.5 (3.16) µm. In contrast to aforementioned two new species,M.harpreetaesp. n. had two unequal polar capsules, 8.7-9.2 (9.149) µm × 2.9-4.0 (3.45) µm and 7.6-8.3 (7.94) µm × 2.8-3.3 (2.9) µm in each spore, 11.4-13.8 (13.2) µm × 4.9-7.8 (6.51) µm.
Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal 74123 India.
Subarna
S
Ghosh
Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal 74123 India.
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PK
Bandyopadhyay
India; Labeo bata; Labeo rohita; Myxobolus harpreetae sp. n.; Myxobolus muralidharani sp. n.; Myxobolus nilimae sp. n.; West Bengal