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03C32F189627FFD7EB66FE5BFCAD2760.text	03C32F189627FFD7EB66FE5BFCAD2760.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ceratomyxa ghannouchensis n. sp.	<div><p>Ceratomyxa ghannouchensis n. sp. (Figure 1)</p><p>Myxospores morphology</p><p>The myxospores were typical of the genus Ceratomyxa . Mature myxospores were stubby with convex anterior and almost straight to slightly concave posteriorı 5.8 ± 0.3 (5 – 7) µm in length and 11.7 ± 0.4 (11 – 13) µm in thickness. The valves were unequal in sizeı with one occasionally tapering to a greater degree than the other. The myxospores could be mixed with the plasmodia and myxospores of Ceratomyxa pallida . The sporoplasm almost filled the entire myxospores cavity. The polar capsules were equal in sizeı spherical in shape and measured 2 ± 0.2 (1.8 – 2.8) µm in diameter. A schematic drawing of the myxospore and plasmodiaı based on the LM observationsı is shown in Figure 1.</p><p>Vegetative stage</p><p>Monosporous plasmodia were rarely observed (Figure 1).</p><p>SSU rDNA sequence</p><p>A consensus sequence of 1425 bp of the SSU rDNA was generated from four sequenced cloned PCR products and was submitted to GenBank under accession number KT932821. The sequence of C. ghannouchensis differs from all deposited sequences of Ceratomyxa in GenBank. The maximum of similarity was 94.8% observed with C. tunisiensis Thabetı Mansourı Al Omar and Tlig-Zouariı 2015 and 90.1% with C. leatherjacketi Fialaı Hlavničkováı Kodádkováı Freemanı Bartošová-Sojková and Atkinsonı 2015 ı reported from the marine fish unicorn leatherjacket Aluterus monoceros (L.) ( Tetraodontiformes: Monacanthidae) on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. For the remaining Ceratomyxid speciesı the nucleotide similarity was very low and varied between 85% with C. vermiformis and 67.7% with C. aegyptiaca .</p><p>Taxonomic summary Type host. Bogueı Boops boops (Linnaeus) ( Perciformes: Sparidae). Location in the host. Coelozoicı in the bile. Prevalence. Twenty-one per cent (33 out of 157 examined specimens). Type location. Ghannouch in Gulf of Gabès. Type material. Syntype – air-dried slides stained with Giemsa no ZS145 were deposited in the parasitological collection of the Museum National d ’ Histoire Naturelleı Parisı collection. Molecular data. The small subunit ribosomal DNA sequence (1452) was deposited in GenBank under the accession number KT932821. Etymology. The specific name refers to the locality: Ghannouch in the Gulf of Gabès.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Compared to other Ceratomyxa speciesı some similarities were observed with Ceratomyxa arabica Al-Qahtaniı Mansourı Al-Quraishyı Abdel-Bakiı 2015 from Saudi Arabiaı Ceratomyxa buri Yokoyama and Fukudaı 2001 from Japanı Ceratomyxa castigastoides Meglitschı 1960 from New Zealandı Ceratomyxa obesa Jamesonı 1929 from Clinocottus analis from the USA and Ceratomyxa recta Meglitschı 1960 from Genypterus blacodes from New Zealand (Table 1). The species found in this study can be distinguished from C. buri and C. castigastoides by its narrower myxospores. Additionallyı C. castigastoides and C. obesa have shorter myxospores and both C. buri and C. recta have larger polar capsules. The measurements of C. arabica (7.0 – 9.0 × 10.0 – 14.0) are in the same range for myxospores length and thickness of C. ghannouchensis n. sp. (5.0 – 10.0 × 8.0 – 16.0)ı and both measurements overlap. Howeverı C. arabica have unequal and subspherical polar capsules.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C32F189627FFD7EB66FE5BFCAD2760	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Thabet, Aouatef;Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S.;Harrath, Abdel Halim;Mansour, Lamjed	Thabet, Aouatef, Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S., Harrath, Abdel Halim, Mansour, Lamjed (2019): Morphological and molecular aspects of Ceratomyxa ghannouchensis n. sp. and C. pallida Thélohan 1894 infecting the bogueı Boops boops (l.). Journal of Natural History 53 (9): 541-556, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1597202
03C32F189626FFDAEB63FBB2FEA626DD.text	03C32F189626FFDAEB63FBB2FEA626DD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ceratomyxa pallida Thelohani 1894	<div><p>Ceratomyxa pallida Thélohan ı 1894 (Figure 2)</p><p>Myxospore morphology</p><p>The mature myxospores typical of the genus Ceratomyxa were crescent-shaped. The anterior margin was archedı and the posterior margin was concave. Valves were equal with rounded and tapered ends. A slightly curved sutural line was visible between the two valves. The sporoplasm filled half of the myxospore cavity. The myxospores measured 6 ± 0.5 (5 – 7) µm in length and 28.5 ± 2.5 (26 – 33) µm in thickness. The polar capsules were sphericalı equal in size and measured 3 ± 0.3 (2.7 – 3.3) in diameter. Polar filaments in the capsule were not discernible.</p><p>Vegetative stage</p><p>Spherical to elongated monosporousı disporous and trisporous plasmodia were found floating in the bile. The measurements of the plasmodia were 29 ± 5.3 × 10 ± 2.5 µm. A schematic drawing of the myxospore and plasmodiaı based on light microscope observationsı is shown in Figure 2.</p><p>SSU rDNA sequence</p><p>A consensus sequence of 1547 bp of the SSU rDNA was generated from three different sequenced samples and was submitted under accession number FJ710895. Two sequences from the six sequenced clones were identical to the sequences obtained from samples individually infected by C. pallida . The sequence of C. pallida has 97.5% of similarity with C. ghannouchensis ı and 94.4% with C. tunisiensis Thabetı Mansourı Al Omar and Tlig-Zouariı 2015 .</p><p>Taxonomic summary</p><p>Location in the host. Coelozoicı in the bile</p><p>Type host. Bogueı Boops boops (Linnaeus) ( Perciformes: Sparidae) site of infection. Lumen and wall of the gallbladder.</p><p>Prevalence. Sixty-three per cent (99 out of 157 examined specimens).</p><p>Type location. Ghannouch in the Gulf of Gabèsı (33°56 ′ 37.6 ″ Nı 10°04 ʹ 42.7 ″ E)ı south of Tunisia.</p><p>Deposited. Photosyntype (ZS141)ı one air-dried slide stained with Giemsa (ZS142) and myxospores in absolute ethanol (ZS143) were deposited in the parasitological collection of the Museum National d ’ Histoire Naturelleı Parisı collection.</p><p>Molecular data. Partial SSU rDNA sequence was deposited in GenBank (accession number KR086361).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>The present species was morphologically compared with all Ceratomyxa spp. infecting fish of the family of Sparidae in the Mediterranean or in other marine ecosystems (Table 1). Based on mature myxospores measurementsı the present Ceratomyxa differs from all species previously reported infecting other Sparidae species worldwide. Compared to other species occurring in this region of the Mediterranean Seaı the present species has high similarity with C. tunisiensis Thabetı Mansourı Al Omar and Tlig-Zouariı 2015 ı recently reported from two Carangidae in the same localityı Ceratomyxa aegyptiaca Yemmenı Martonı Eszterbauer and Bahriı 2012 from solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud ( Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from a Tunisian coastal lagoon. Ceratomyxa pallida appears larger than C. tunisiensis (28.5 vs 23 µm) and smaller than C. aegyptica (28.5 vs 51.3 µm). Regarding the host fishı Thélohan in 1894 recorded Ceratomyxa pallida from the gall bladder of the bogue Boops boops (L)ı in the Mediterranean (France) and the Adriatic Sea (Croatia). Based on the myxospore measurements and host speciesı we considered the present Ceratomyxa species identical to C. pallida . About this speciesı no data were known regarding myxospore morphologyı vegetative stages or molecular characteristics until now.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C32F189626FFDAEB63FBB2FEA626DD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Thabet, Aouatef;Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S.;Harrath, Abdel Halim;Mansour, Lamjed	Thabet, Aouatef, Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S., Harrath, Abdel Halim, Mansour, Lamjed (2019): Morphological and molecular aspects of Ceratomyxa ghannouchensis n. sp. and C. pallida Thélohan 1894 infecting the bogueı Boops boops (l.). Journal of Natural History 53 (9): 541-556, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1597202
