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First report and description of a C yrilia sp. ( A picomplexa: H aemogregarinidae) from a freshwater C ururu S tingray P otamotrygon cf. histrix ( E lasmobranchii: P otamotrygonidae), from the A mazon R egion, B razil
Author(s) -
Magro N M,
Oliveira A T,
O'Dwyer L H
Publication year - 2016
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/jfd.12425
Subject(s) - biology , stingray , zoology , extracellular , microbiology and biotechnology
A haemogregarine is described in 12 cururu stingray ( P otamotrygon cf. histrix ), from M ariuá A rchipelago, N egro R iver, in the B razilian A mazon B asin. All animals, both male and female, were parasitized by the haemogregarine and parasitaemia varied between 0.8% and 10% of erythrocytes. The stages observed included trophozoites or merozoites, suspected meronts, and gamonts presumed to be of two types, macrogamonts and microgamonts. Most stages were observed inside mature erythrocytes, while others were extracellular. The stages observed were most similar to those characteristics of the genus C yrilia , than to any other fish haemogregarine and may represent a new C yrilia species.