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in the body cavity of Cladocera or the Malpighian tubules of the 

 cockroach. Body small, forming cysts. The spore has a slight 

 resemblance in its appearance to a microsporidian spore, but 

 without a filament. 



Coelosporidium periplanetae (Lutz and Splendore) ( = C. 

 hlattellae Crawley) (Fig. 143, /). In the Malpighian tubules of 

 various species of the cockroach. Common and cosmopolitan. 



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 Caullery, M. and F. Mesnil. 1905 Recherches sur les 



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