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Remarks on the diplomastigine flagellates from the intestine of fishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Jaroslav Kulda  and
Jiří Lom
Jaroslav Kulda
Affiliation:
Department of Protozoology, Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague
Jiří Lom
Affiliation:
Department of Protozoology, Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague
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In the intestine of freshwater fishes, two morphologically different types of diplomastigine flagellates have so far been found to exist: Hexamita salmonis (Moore, 1920) specific for fishes, and Spironucleus elegans Lavier, 1936, identical with the flagellate from amphibia.

The identity of the Spironucleus from fishes and amphibia has been demonstrated by infecting Pterophyllum scalare with flagellates from newts per os, per rectum and with contaminated food.

A redescription of motile stages of both Hexamita salmonis and Spironucleus elegans is presented, together with a list of existing findings of fish diplomastigines, and a brief discussion.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , November 1964 , pp. 753 - 762
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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