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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

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From: Histozoic myxosporeans infecting the stomach wall of elopiform fishes represent a novel lineage, the Gastromyxidae

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Light micrographs of Gastromyxum rafii n. sp. and Gastromyxum bulani n. sp. a Myxospores of G. rafii are bluntly rounded and rhomboid in appearance when in the sutural plane (inset), but have raised tips where the polar capsules discharge (arrow). Myxospores of G. bulani are lemon-shaped in the valvular view (b) and moderately sigmoidal in the sutural view with prominent nipple-like structures at each apex (c). Scale bars 10 μm

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