Myxozoa in high Arctic: Survey on the central part of Svalbard archipelago.

ABSTRACT: Myxosporeans (Myxozoa), microscopic metazoan parasitic organisms, are poorly studied in the Arctic region. Our survey of benthic and pelagic fish (n = 234) collected in Isfjorden (Svalbard, Norway) together with detailed morphological and molecular examination revealed the presence of nine myxosporean species. We compared observed myxosporean diversity with diversity documented in regions close to the Arctic and revealed that water depth rather than geographic distribution is an important factor influencing myxosporean fauna.

We describe three new myxosporean species

Zschokkella siegfriedi n. sp. from kidney of Boreogadus saida, Parvicapsula petuniae n. sp. from the urinary bladder of Gymnocanthus tricuspis, and Sinuolinea arctica n. sp. from the urinary bladder of Myoxocephalus sco

SUBMITTER: Kodadkova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4047956 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature