Parasitologia hungarica

Author(s): Masoumian, M., Baska, F. & Molnár, K.
Title: Description of Myxobolus karuni sp. n. and Myxobolus persicus sp. n. (Myxosporea, Myxozoa) from Barbus grypus of the River Karun, Iran
Title: Két új Myxobolus faj, Myxobolus karuni sp. n. és Myxobolus persicus sp. n. a Karun folyóból (Irán, Tigris mellékág) származó Barbus grypus-ból
Year: 1994
Volume: 27
Pages: 21-26.

Abstract: Two new Myxobolus (Myxosporea, Myxozoa) species (M. karuni sp. n. and M. persicus sp. n.) are described from the gills of Barbus grypus collected from River Karun (Persian Gulf water system). The two species differ from each other in location and morphology. Until plasmodia of M karuni start their development in the blood vessels of the primary gill filaments, and the cysts are located in the central parts of the filaments free from respiratory plates, plasmodia of M. persicus are formed under the respiratory epithelium of the secondary gill lamellae and their cysts grow around the capillaries. In Barbus grypus the two Myxosporea usually occurred in mixed infection, while in Barbus sharpeyi and B. luteus only M. persicus sp. n. was found.
Keywords: new species, Iran, Myxosporea, Myxobolus, Barbus spp., gills

Journal: Parasitologia Hungarica
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ISSN: 0303-688X
Publisher: Magyar Parazitológusok Társasága, Budapest
Editor(s): K. Murai, É., Thoma, A., Gubányi, A. & Tajti, T. Zs.