Pseudalataspora lophii Afonso-Dias, Kalavati, Mackenzie & Mackenzie, 2007, n. sp. ...

• Main Authors: Afonso-Dias, Isabel, Kalavati, Chaganti, Mackenzie, Ken, Mackenzie, Kevin S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Myxozoa; Myxosporea; Bivalvulida; Alatasporidae; Pseudalataspora; Pseudalataspora lophii; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5625784; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5625784

Pseudalataspora lophii n. sp. (Figures 10–15) Material studied Host: Lophius piscatorius L. Site of infection: gall bladder Locality, date and depth: (1) 58°51ˏN, 07°35ˏW (NW of Outer Hebrides), 30 March, 2000, 250m; (2) 58°45ˏN, 07°49ˏW (NW of Outer Hebrides), 30 March, 2000, 400m; (3) 58°29ˏN, 08°54ˏW (NW of Outer Hebrides), 30 March, 2000, 470m; (4) 58°45ˏN, 08°03ˏW (NW of Outer Hebrides), 30 March, 2000, 700m; (5) 57°20ˏN, 05°50ˏW (Off Skye, Inner Hebrides), March 2004, depth unknown; (6) 57°20ˏN, 05°50ˏW (Off Skye, Inner Hebrides), August, 2004, depth unknown. Prevalence: (1) 3 of 16 (19%); (2) 14 of 26 (54%); (3) 1 of 1; (4) 1 of 1; (5) 1 of 2; (6) 1 of 2. Double infections: two host individuals, one each from positions (1) and (2), had double infections of P. lophii and C. lophii. Host length range: (1) 41–64 cm; (2) 45–66 cm; (3) and (4) lengths unknown. Collection number: 2005:7:1:3. Description Trophozoite (Figures 10, 11) disporous, ovoid with a single lobopodium sometimes bifurcating at its tip, ... : Published as part of Afonso-Dias, Isabel, Kalavati, Chaganti, Mackenzie, Ken & Mackenzie, Kevin S., 2007, Three new species of Myxosporea (Bivalvulida: Ceratomyxidae: Alatasporidae) from the gall bladders of anglerfishes Lophius spp. (Teleostei: Lophiidae) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, pp. 35-46 in Zootaxa 1466 on pages 42-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176573 ...