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PROTOZOOLOGY 



Family 3 Chloromyxidae Thelohan 

 Genus Chloromyxum Mingazzini. Spore with 4 polar capsules, 

 grouped at anterior end; shell surface often striated or ridged; 

 sutural line frequently obscure; histozoic or coelozoic in freshwater 

 or marine fish and also in amphibians. Numerous species. 



C. leydigi M. (Figs. 68, c, d; 249, I, m). In the gall-bladder of vari- 

 ous species of Raja, Torpedo and Cestracion; spores 6-9^ by 5-6^; 

 widely distributed. 



C. trijugum Kudo (Fig. 249, n). In the gall-bladder cf Xenotis 

 megalotis and Pomoxis sparoides; spores 8- 10m by 5-7m. 



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Fig. 251. Scattered spores, young and sporulating trophozoites of Myxid- 

 ium serotinum, as seen in the bile of a frog in life, X64 (Kudo). 



Suborder 3 Platysporea Kudo 

 Without iodinophilous vacuole 



2 polar capsules, one at each pole Family 1 Myxidiidae 



1 polar capsule Family 2 Coccomyxidae (p. 528) 



2 or 4 polar capsules grouped Family 3 Myxosomatidae (p. 528) 



With an iodinophilous vacuole Family 4 Myxobolidae (p. 530) 



Family 1 Myxidiidae Thelohan 

 Genus Myxidium Biitschli. Spores fusiform with pointed or 

 rounded ends; polar filament comparatively long, fine; coelozoic or 



