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From: Impact of multiple-factors on health and infections in marine mussels (Perumytilus purpuratus) inhabiting contaminated sites in the Humboldt Current System

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Micrograph of parasites, pathogens and lesions found in P. purpuratus sampled from five study sites in San Jorge Bay, northern Chile. (a) ciliates resembling Conchophthirus sp. in gills; (b) unidentified ciliates in gills; (c) intracellular ciliate Rhynchodid-like Phyllopharyngea (arrows) in digestive gland; (d) trematode metacercariae Renicola sp. (arrow) in vivo in the mantle of P. purpuratus; (e) focal concentration of haemocytes between gill filaments (arrow); (f) brown cells (arrows) in the connective tissues. Ma = macronucleus, mi = micronucleus, cv = contractile vacuole, ph = cytopharynx.

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