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On a new haplosporidian (protozoa) Nephridiophaga xenoboli in the gut of a millipede Xenobolus carnifex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. N. Ganapati  and
C. C. Narasimhamurti
P. N. Ganapati
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Waltair, India
C. C. Narasimhamurti
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Waltair, India
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1. The morphology and life history of a new haplosporidian parasite, Nephri-diophaga xenoboli sp.nov. from the gut of a millipede, Xenobolus carnifex are described.

2. The earliest stage hatched from the spore is a free uninucleate amoebula which penetrates the gut epithelium and grows into a multinucleate plasmodium.

3. The uninucleate gametes are formed by a process of endogeneous budding in the centre of the plasmodium and the sporoblast is formed as a result of fusion of two such gametes.

4. A characteristic cyst membrane enclosing about forty to fifty sporoblasts is formed immediately after fertilization is completed which is accompanied by a disintegration of the peripheral layer of the cytoplasm of the plasmodium.

5. Each sporoblast develops into a bivalved simple spherical spore, 3·0μ in diameter.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 50 , Issue 3-4 , November 1960 , pp. 581 - 585
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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