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A New Species of Kudoa (Myxosporidea: Chloromyxidae) from the Spot, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépède, in Clear Lake, Texas *
Author(s) -
JOY JAMES E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1972.tb03455.x
Subject(s) - gill , fish <actinopterygii> , host (biology) , biology , range (aeronautics) , fishery , veterinary medicine , ecology , medicine , materials science , composite material
SYNOPSIS.Kudoa branchiatasp. n. (Myxosporidea: Chloromyxidae) is described from the gills of the marine sciaenid fish, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépède, from Clear Lake, Texas. Twelve of the 429 hosts examined from 10 September 1970 to 28 April 1971, were infected. Eight of the 12 infected fish were collected in February and March 1971—a period during which only 13% of the total host sample was taken. The mean total length of infected hosts was 149 mm, with a range of 112–185 mm. The mean number of myxosporidean cysts per infected host was 3.5, with a range of 1–11.