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From: Hepatozoon species (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) of African bufonids, with morphological description and molecular diagnosis of Hepatozoon ixoxo sp. nov. parasitising three Amietophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae)

Figure 2

Hepatozoon ixoxo sp. nov. (A-L) in the peripheral blood of the frog Amietophrynus maculatus Hallowell, 1854 (Bufonidae). A: Trophozoite. B: Possible pre-meront. C: Meront stage. D: Extracellular or free merozoite stage. E: Merozoite, showing likely entry into an erythrocyte. F: Immature gamont displaying a recurved tail (arrow) and loosely arranged nucleus. G: Immature gamont before development of the capsular cap at the truncate pole (arrow-head). H-L: Mature gamonts, note the well-developed capsular cap forming at the truncate pole (arrow-head), staining pink (H, and J-L), with a prominently visible compact nucleus. I: Mature gamont displaying a recurved tail (arrow), note the cap did not stain pink. J: Dehaemoglobinisation of host cell, often followed by, lysing of the host cell nucleus (K). L: Double infection of a single erythrocyte. All images captured from the hapantotype slide (NMB P 368). Scale bars: 10μm.

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