Haemogregarina georgianae n. sp., a new haemogregarine parasite from the Antarctic teleost Parachaenichthys georgianus |
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Authors: | D L Barber J E Mills Westermann |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, McMaster University, L8S 4K1 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | Haemogregarina georgianae n. sp. occurs frequently in the bathydraconid teleost Parachaenichthys georgianus from the western Antarctic portion of the Southern Ocean. The haemogregarine and its developmental stages in the vertebrate have been found in erythrocytes of the fish: both microschizogony and macroschizogony have been seen in fish caught during the austral summer. Morphological evidence suggests the merozoites from macroschizogony give rise to the microschizont, and that the microschizont merozoites give rise to gametocytes. Comparison of H. georgianae with other haemogregarines known from teleosts shows that it has a previously undescribed morphology. |
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