A NEW SPECIES OF MYXIDIUM (MYXOSPOREA: MYXIDIIDAE), FROM THE WESTERN CHORUS FROG, PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA TRISERIATA, AND BLANCHARD'S CRICKET FROG, ACRIS CREPITANS BLANCHARDI (HYLIDAE), FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA: MORPHOLOGY, PHYLOGENY, AND CRITICAL COMMENTS ON AMPHIBIAN MYXIDIUM TAXONOMY

• Published in: The Journal of parasitology Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 611 - 619
• Main Authors: Jirků, Miloslav, Bolek, Matthew G, Whipps, Chris M, Janovy, John, Kent, Mike L, Modrý, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Parasitologists 01.06.2006
• Subjects: Acris crepitans blanchardi; Amphibia; Amphibians; Animal morphology; Animals; Anura - parasitology; Biological taxonomies; Bufo woodhousii; DNA, Protozoan - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; Eukaryota - classification; Eukaryota - genetics; Eukaryota - ultrastructure; Freshwater; Frogs; Gallbladder; Gryllidae; Hyla chrysoscelis; Hylidae; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning - veterinary; Myxidiidae; Myxidium; Myxosporea; Nebraska; Parasite hosts; Parasites; Parasitology; Phylogeny; Protozoan Infections, Animal - parasitology; Pseudacris triseriata; Rana blairi; Rana catesbeiana; Ribosomal DNA; Sequence Alignment - veterinary; Spores; Spores, Protozoan - ultrastructure; SYSTEMATICS-PHYLOGENETICS; Nebraska; USA, Nebraska

During March 2001–April 2004, 164 adult anurans of 6 species (47 Rana blairi, 35 Rana catesbeiana, 31 Hyla chrysoscelis, 31 Pseudacris triseriata triseriata, 11 Bufo woodhousii, and 9 Acris crepitans blanchardi) from Pawnee Lake, Lancaster County, Nebraska, were surveyed for myxozoan parasites. Of t...