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Sphaeromyxa sahrazesi Laveran and Mesnil (Fig. 132, h, i). 

 In the gall bladder of Hippocampus, Motella, etc. The spore 

 measures 22 to 28 microns long by 3 to 4 microns wide. 



Genus Zschokkella Auerbach. The spore hemi-circular in 

 front-view; fusiform in profile; circular in cross-section. Ends 

 pointed obliquely. The polar capsules are large and spherical. 

 The sutural line is usually in S-form. In organ-cavities of fish. 

 A few species. 



Zschokkella hildae Auerbach (Fig. 132, j, k). In the urinary 

 bladder of varous species of Gadus. The spores measures 16 to 

 29 microns long by 13 to 18 microns wide. 



Family 2 Coccomyxidae Leger and Hesse 



The spore ellipsoidal, circular in cross-section. One polar 

 capsule. Undoubtedly a border-line form between the Myxo- 

 sporidia and the Microsporidia. 



Fig. 132 a-d. Myxidium lieberkiihni. a, large trophozoite (XllO after 

 Lieberkiihn) ; b, a small trophozoite from life ( X500 after Kudo) ; 

 c, d, fresh and stained spores (X700 after Kudo). 



e-g. Sphaeromyxa balbianii. e, a living trophozoite (natural size 

 after Thelohan); f, a spore (X700 after Davis); g, a spore with 

 the extruded polar filaments (X420 after Thelohan). 



h, i. S. sahrazesi. (After Schroder), h, a trophozoite from life (X5); 

 i, two stained spores (X500). 



j, k. Zschokkella hildae. (After Auerbach). j, a trophozoite (X300); 

 k, stained spore (X530). 

 1. A spore of Coccomyxa morovi. X330 (After Leger and Hesse). 



Genus Coccomyxa Leger and Hesse. The polar filament long 

 and fine. Coelozoic parasites in marine fish. 



Coccomyxa morovi Leger and Hesse (Fig. 132, /). In the gall 

 bladder of the sardine, Clupea pilchardus. The spore measures 

 14 microns long by 5 to 6 microns broad. 



