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From: Studies of Myxidium giardi Cépède, 1906 infections in Icelandic eels identifies a genetically diverse clade of myxosporeans that represents the Paramyxidium n. g. (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae)

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a-c Paramyxidium magi n. sp. from the stomach wall of Anguilla anguilla. Fresh spore in valvular view showing the polar capsules enclosing the polar filaments (a), stained imprint of two spores, in the sutural plane, showing a sigmoidal sutural line (arrows) (b) and a fresh spore with numerous valvular striations (c). d-f Line drawings of P. giardi from the kidney of an eel; in sutural view (d), valvular view (e) and one with the valvular striations (f). g-k P. bulani n. sp. from the kidney of Megalops cyprinoides. g, h Fresh spores in sutural view, showing the polar capsules (g) and the sutural line (arrow) (h). i Histological sections showing the two parallel nuclei (arrows) between the polar capsules. j, k Line drawings in sutural (j) and valvular (k) views. l Fresh Aurantiactionmyxon type actinospores from the oligochaete Lumbriculus variagatus from Lake Vifilsstadavatn in Iceland

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