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| Author(s): |
Mirandola Dias Vieira, Diego Henrique
[1]
;
Ungari, Leticia Pereira
[1]
;
De Alcantara, Edna Paulino
[1]
;
Emmerich, Enzo
[1]
;
Quagliatto Santos, Andre Luiz
[2]
;
O'Dwyer, Lucia Helena
[1]
;
Da Silva, Reinaldo Jose
[1]
Total Authors: 7
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| Affiliation: | [1] Sao Paulo State Univ UNESP, Inst Biosci, Sect Parasitol, DBBVPZ, Rua Prof Doutor Antonio Celso Wagner Zanin 250, BR-18618689 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Uberlandia, Lab Ensino & Pesquisa Anim Silvestres, Fac Med Vet, Uberlandia, MG - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY; v. 775, p. 107-118, OCT 21 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
Numerous pseudoplasmodia containing myxospores belonging to the genus Cystodiscus were found in the gallbladder of Elachistocleis cesarii from Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Herein, we describe Cystodiscus elachistocleis sp. nov., using morphological and small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences. The mature myxospores were ellipsoid to ovoid, measuring in average 10.6 (9.8-11.2) mu m in length and 6.2 (5.6-6.6) mu m in width. Polar capsules were pyriform and equal in size measuring in average 3.6 (2.8-4.3) mu m in length and 2.6 (2.2-3.1) mu m in width. Polar filaments had 2-4 coils. The myxospores had 3-5 transverse ridges. The phylogenetic analysis showed Cystodiscus elachistocleis sp. nov. as a sister species of Cystodiscus cf. immersus 1, in a subclade formed by species that parasitize the amphibians gallbladder. This is the first species of Cystodiscus described parasitizing a species of Elachistocleis and the third species of Cystodiscus described in Brazil. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/19060-0 - Systematic and distribution of myxozoans collected in fish from Pardo River, Middle Paranapanema River, state of São Paulo. |
| Grantee: | Diego Henrique Mirandola Dias Vieira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/00754-9 - Hemoparasites biodiversity from amphibians and reptiles of Brasil. |
| Grantee: | Letícia Pereira Úngari |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/50377-1 - Taxonomia morfologica e molecular de helmintos parasitas de animais ectotermicos no brasil (protax) |
| Grantee: | Reinaldo José da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/09623-4 - BIODIVERSITY OF PARASITES ASSOCIATED WITH AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES FROM MIDWEST AND SOUTHEAST REGIONS OF BRAZIL |
| Grantee: | Lucia Helena O'Dwyer de Oliveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |