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Eimeria branchiphila sp.nov. sporulating in the gill filaments of roach, Rutilus rutilus L.
Author(s) -
DYKOVÁ IVA,
LOM JIŘÍ,
GRUPCHEVA GINKA
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1983.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - rutilus , biology , coccidia , gill , eimeria , parasite hosting , zoology , spore , digenea , anatomy , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , trematoda , helminths , microbiology and biotechnology , world wide web , computer science
.Eimeria branchiphila sp. nov. is described from the roach, Rutilus rutilus L., collected in Bulgaria. Sporulated oocysts were found in gill secondary lamellae and less frequently were associated with melano‐macrophage centres in the spleen and in kidney interstitial tissue. In the gills, parasite cells identified as zygotes and sporulation stages were also encountered. This unusual site of sporulation represents a mechanism of sporocyst dispersal previously not recorded in fish coccidia.