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Fig. 3

From: Repatriation of an old fish host as an opportunity for myxozoan parasite diversity: The example of the allis shad, Alosa alosa (Clupeidae), in the Rhine

Fig. 3

Morphological characteristics of Hoferellus alosae n. sp. spores and plasmodia. Light microscopy photomicrographs of a polysporous plasmodium with finger-like surface extensions (FE Plasm) and b spores with posterior filaments (FIL), one polar capsule with extruded polar filament (PF). c, d Scanning electron micrographs of spore surface showing suture between valves and longitudinal ridges and their characteristic pattern in the center of each valve. The arrow in c indicates capsular openings at the apical pole of the spore

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