MYXOSPORIDIA. 



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Fam. 1. Myxididae. Spores variously formed with two polar-capsules; 

 includes the forms least degenerated by parasitic life. Principally in gall- 

 bladder and kidney tubes of fishes and amphibia. Leptothcca Thi-lohan (Fig. 

 54), gall-bladder or kidney of various fishes and amphibia; Ccratomyxa Thel., 

 gall-bladder of fishes; Sphcerospora Thel., kidney-tubes of fishes, S. elegans 

 Thel., kidney- tubes and ovary of stickleback ; Myxidium Biitschli, M. liebcrkuhni 

 Butschli, urinary bladder of pike ; Sphceromyxa Thel. ; Myxosoma Thel. 



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 FIG. 50. Polar-capsules of Myxobolus 

 ellipsoidcs. a, polar- capsule with 

 spirally-coiled thread ; 6, c, d, eversion 

 of the fibre (after Balbiani). 



Fio. 57. Spores of Myxoholus ellipsoides 

 (after Balbiani), showing polar-cap- 

 sules in 6 the threads are everted. 



Fio. 58.Glitgea lombycis (after Balbiani). a, ripe "spore; b, c, hatching o. amoeboid young; 

 d, e, growth stages ; /, g, h, sporulation ; i, testis-follicle of silk-worm caterpillar, strongly 

 infested with Glugea ; k, I, two infected stomach-epithelial cells of the caterpillar of Attacus 

 (Saturnia) pernyi Tc, beginning of infection ; I, the cell is completely filled with spores. 



