Morphology of the Spores of Myxosoma cerebralis (Hofer, 1903) and M. cartilaginis (Hoffman, putz, and Dunbar, 1965)*

Authors

Glenn L. Hoffman, US Fish and Wildlife ServiceFollow
Jiří Lom, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle

Date of this Version

1971

Comments

Published in Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 57, No. 6, December 1971, p. 1302-1308.

Abstract

The spore of Myxosoma cerebralis is redescribed and compared with that of a close relative, M. cartilaginis. M. cerebralis is smaller, with greater variability in size and shape. It possesses a mucous envelope whereas M. cartilaginis does not. The surface architecture of M. cerebralis, as seen with the scanning electron microscope, differs in possessing a conspicuous circumsutural groove, prominent polar filament pores, and a mucous envelope.