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From: Description of Ellipsomyxa prima n. sp. in the gallbladder of Gambusia yucatana (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from freshwater springs in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

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Ellipsomyxa prima n. sp. plasmodia and mature myxospores in the gallbladder of Gambusia yucatana. (A) Spherical disporic plasmodia (p) containing myxospores (arrows) and immature plasmodia (ip); Ellipsoid plasmodia (*). (B) Myxospores in sutural view showing a sutural line (su). (C) Myxospore showing the polar tubule of a polar capsule coiling 5 − 6 times (white arrow). (D) Lugol stained myxospores in sutural view evidencing the capsular foramina (arrows). (E) Myxospore in sutural view highlighting the sporoplasm (*). (F) Lugol stained myxospore showing one polar tubule extruded (pt). Scale bars = 10 μm.

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