caa a22 4500 445339756 CHVBK 20180317142808.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-011-2445-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-011-2445-x Myxobolus harikensis sp. nov. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) infecting fins of Cirrhina mrigala (Ham.)—an Indian major carp in Harike Wetland, Punjab (India) [Elektronische Daten] [Harpreet Kaur, Ranjeet Singh] During a study of myxosporean parasites of freshwater fishes of Punjab Wetlands, India, one new myxosporean species, Myxobolus harikensis sp. nov. was recorded from the caudal fin of Cirrhina mrigala (Ham.) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Plasmodia are small, white, spherical-to-rounded and are present on the caudal fin (in between the fin rays) having two to five spores per plasmodium. Spores of M. harikensis measure 10.1 × 8.5μm in size, pyriform in valvular view and lenticular in sutural view pointing in the direction to the plane of slightly bent sutural line. Shell valves are thick, smooth, asymmetric and flattened at the sutural plane. Parietal folds are absent. Polar capsules are two, prominently unequal, broadly pyriform-to-rounded in shape and lie at different levels in the spore body cavity. The larger polar capsule is 5.0 × 3.1μm in size, placed anteriorly on the sutural plane and opening to the exterior anteriolaterally. The smaller polar capsule measures 1.7 × 1.4μm in size, placed posteriorly, perpendicular to the sutural plane and opening to the exterior mediolaterally. Spores of M. harikensis closely resembles to that of Myxobolus africanus in having polar capsules placed at different levels in the spore body cavity, however, are unique in having unequal polar capsules both discharging laterally. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Kaur Harpreet Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, 147002, Patiala, India aut Singh Ranjeet Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, 147002, Patiala, India aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/6(2011-12-01), 1699-1705 0932-0113 109:6<1699 2011 109 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2445-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2445-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kaur Harpreet Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, 147002, Patiala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Singh Ranjeet Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, 147002, Patiala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/6(2011-12-01), 1699-1705 0932-0113 109:6<1699 2011 109 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer