Table 4 Reference, hosts, geographic location, prevalence, spore and plasmodia measurements (in μm) from all reports to date on Hoferellus cyprini (Doflein, 1898)
Hoferellus cyprini (Doflein, 1898) | Hoferia cyprini (Doflein, 1898) | Hoferellus cyprini (Doflein, 1898) | Mitraspora cyprini (Fujita, 1912) | Mitraspora cyprini (Fujita, 1912) | Hoferellus cyprini (Doflein, 1898) | Mitraspora cyprini (Fujita, 1912) | Hoferellus cyprini (Doflein, 1898) Berg, 1898 | Hoferellus cyprini (Doflein, 1898) | Hoferellus cyprini (Doflein, 1898) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference | [43] | [44] | [9] | [45] | [45] | [46] | [12] | [13] | Present study |
Host/s | C. carpio | C. carpio | C. carpio | C. carpio | C. carpio | C. carpio | C. carpio | C. carpio | C. carpio |
C. auratus | |||||||||
Geographic location | Germany | France | Japan | Japan | France, Germany | Germany | Czechoslovakia | Hungary | Czech Republic |
Prevalence | - | - | - | - | - | - | Up to 32 % | 25 % (1/4)-66.6 % (2/3) | 26.7-60 % |
Host location | Renal tubules | Renal tubules | Renal tubules kidney, ureters | Renal tubules kidney, ureters | Young trophozoites in epithelium, adults in urinary tubules | Renal tubules, ureters | Renal tubules | Renal tubules, intraepithelial stages | Renal tubules kidney, ureters, urinary bladder |
Spore shape | Pyramidal | Truncated pyramid | Monk’s hood, slightly attenuated at the posterior end | As Fujita 1912, more rounded | Pyramidal with 2 short tail like processes at post end | Anterior pointed, posterior truncated | Bullet-like, stubby | Short ellipsoidal (stubbier) | Short bullet-like, slightly round |
Spore length | 10-12 (incl. tails) | 10-12 | 10-13 | 10 | 10-12 | 9.5-12 | 9 (8-10.2) | 9 (8.5-10) | 8.5 ± 0.8 (7.4-10.4) |
Spore width | 8 | 6-8 | 5 | 8-9 | 8 | 6.5-7.5 | 6.5 (6-7) | 6.6 (5.2-7.1) | 6.7 ± 0.6 (5.2-7.7) |
Thickness | - | - | - | 6-8 | - | - | Similar to width | 5.6 (5.2-5.8) | 4.8-5.5 |
Length of polar capsules | 3 | 3 | 3.8 | 4 | 3 | 4-5 | 3.6 (3.3-4) | 3.8 (3.5-4.2) | 3.1 ± 0.4 (2.1-3.9) |
Width of polar capsules | - | - | 2 | 1.5-2 | - | 2-2.5 | 2.4 (2.3-2.5) | 2.15 (2.1-2.2) | 2.1 ± 0.3 (1.6-2.9) |
Length of polar filaments- | - | - | 15 | 35-40 | - | - | - | - | 31.3 (29.5-32.4) |
Coils of polar filament | - | - | - | - | - | 4-5 | 5 | 4-5 | 5 (4-6) |
Posterior width | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 ± 0.9 (2.4-5.7) |
Length of caudal filaments | 2 | 1.5-2 | 5.8 | 5-6 | 2 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 4.5-5 | 4.1 ± 0.7 (3.4-6.2) |
Number of caudal filaments /ridges | -/9-10 | - | 8/8 | 5-6/ variable | -/9-10 | 7-9/7-9 | -/20-24 | 20/20 | 10/- per valve |
Plasmodia length | 20-30 | 20-30 | - | 10-40 | 20-30 | 15-40 (70) | 65 | 6-8 (young) intracelular | 33.2 ± 11.9 (12.5-70.8) |
15-40 (in lumen) | |||||||||
Plasmodia width | - | - | - | - | - | 8-27 | 40 | 15-30 (in lumen) | 17.8 ± 5 (10.1-30.4) |
Spores per plasmodia | 2 | - | 3-4 | 2 | Polyspororous | 1-9 | Several to 10-12 | 3-10 | 1-6 spores |