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PLATE 3 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 
Glugea fibrata sp. nov. 
Parsites in situ, X 12. 
Section through sporulating Myxosporidium, X 470. 
Section through abdomen containing parasitic mass, X 12. 
4and5 Dividing nuclei of meronts, i400. 
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Newly formed sporont with scattered chromatic matter, X 1400. 
7 to 11 Division figures of sporont nuclei, 1400. 
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Second division of nuclei in sporont, « 1400. 
Sporont containing 8 nuclei, * 1400. 
Protoplasm collecting round each nucleus to form 8 sporoblasts, x 1400. 
Sporoblasts nearly complete, < 1400. 
Section through 15, * 1400. 
Free sporoblast, 1400. 
to 20 Maturation of the spore, stained with azure and eosin, X 1600. 
Spore deeply stained with haematoxylin to show the polar capsule, 1600, 
A macrospore, X 1600. 
Spore with filament partially ejected, x 1600. 
Spore with filament detached, x 1600. 
Spore with fully extended filament, up to 40 times its Senate x 1600. 
Diagram of mature spore, adapted from W. Stempell, « about 5700. 
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