Morphological, ultrastructural, and molecular description of Unicapsula fatimae n. sp. (Myxosporea: Trilosporidae) of whitespotted rabbitfish (Siganus canaliculatus) in Omani waters

Investigations regarding the parasite fauna of wild whitespotted rabbitfish (Siganus canaliculatus) Park, 1797 revealed white, spherical, loosely attached cysts measuring 896 (375–1406) μm in diameter in the inner endothelial wall of the esophagus and stomach. Mature spores inside these cysts corres...

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Main Authors: Al-Jufaili, Sarah H., Freeman, Mark A., Machkevskyi, Volodymyr K., Al-Nabhani, Abdulrahman, Palm, Harry W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759220/