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Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new Myxidium species (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) infecting the farmed turtle Podocnemis expansa (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in the Brazilian Amazon

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Author(s):
Aguiar, Julio C. ; Adriano, Edson A. ; Mathews, Patrick D.
Total Authors: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Parasitology International; v. 66, n. 1, p. 825-830, FEB 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 6
Abstract

This study reports, for the first time, a myxosporan species of the genus Myxidium in a Neotropical turtle. Myxidium turturibus n. sp., was found in the gall bladder of Podocnemis expansa (Testudines: Podocnemididae) farmed in Brazilian Amazon. Numerous disporic pseudoplasmodia in different developmental stages, and mature spores were free in the bile. Mature myxospores were fusiform, slightly arcuate in valval view, measuring 13.6 +/- 0.4 (13.1-15.1) mu m in length and 4.1 +/- 03 (3.4-4.6) mu m in width. The two polar capsules were piriform, with 3.4 +/- 0.4 (2.5-4.0) mu m in length and 2.4 +/- 0.4 (1.5-2.7) mu m in width and had five to six polar filament turns. Phylogenetic analysis inferred by 18S rDNA shows the new species closely related with M. hardella and M. chelonarum, which are parasites of freshwater/terrestrials turtles from Oriental Region. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/14656-5 - Systematics and host-parasite interaction of myxosporean parasites of ornamental fish from the Amazon Basin
Grantee:Patrick Mathews Delgado
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 13/21374-6 - Systematics and host-parasite interaction of parasites of the phylum Myxozoa in fishes economically important in Amazon Basin
Grantee:Edson Aparecido Adriano
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 13/20770-5 - Taxonomy and molecular systematic of Monogenoidea (Platyhelminthes: Cercomeromorpha) parasites of four fish species of the family Pimelodidae (Siluriformes)from the Tapajós River, PA
Grantee:Julio Cesar Cenci de Aguiar
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate