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Morphology and phylogeny of two new species of Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) from marine fish (Clinidae and Trachichthyidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2014

PAVLA BARTOŠOVÁ-SOJKOVÁ ,
ALENA KODÁDKOVÁ ,
HANA PECKOVÁ ,
ROMAN KUCHTA  and
CÉCILE C. REED
PAVLA BARTOŠOVÁ-SOJKOVÁ*
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
ALENA KODÁDKOVÁ
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
HANA PECKOVÁ
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
ROMAN KUCHTA
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
CÉCILE C. REED
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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*Corresponding author. Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice 370 05, Czech Republic. E-mail: bartosova@paru.cas.cz
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Summary

Our survey of marine fish from South Africa and Indonesia revealed the presence of two new myxosporean species of the genus Sphaeromyxa for which we provide morphological and sequence data. Sphaeromyxa clini n. sp. detected in three Clinus spp. and Muraenoclinus dorsalis from South Africa is morphologically similar to Sphaeromyxa noblei previously described from Heteroclinus whiteleggii from Australia and to several other sphaeromyxids with arcuate spores and rounded ends. This similarity is reflected by phylogenetic positioning of S. clini n. sp. which clusters within the ‘incurvata’ group of the Sphaeromyxa clade. It differs from morphologically similar species by spore and polar capsule dimensions, host specificity and geographic distribution. Sphaeromyxa limocapitis n. sp., described from Gephyroberyx darwinii from Java, is morphologically similar to sphaeromyxids with straight spores and to marine Myxidium species with spindle-shaped spores but differs from them by spore and polar capsule dimensions, host specificity and geographic distribution. S. limocapitis n. sp. represents a separate lineage of the Sphaeromyxa clade and appears to be a missing link in the evolution of sphaeromyxids.

Keywords

MyxosporeaClinidaeGephyroberyxultrastructureevolutionSphaeromyxa cladeSSU rDNAnew species
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 142 , Issue 5 , April 2015 , pp. 660 - 674
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