Fig. 61 









Conjugation in myxosporidia. .1 to 7, Myxobnius pfeifferi. Th. (after Keysselitz); A^ to (^. 

 Spheromyxa lahrazesi, Lav. and Mes. i.after Schroder); .1. B, formation of gametoblasts; 

 C to 0. union of sporocysts and multiplication of nuclei; H, \oung sporoblast with polar 

 capsules forming and grametic nuclei not yet united: /. spore with capsules (.not filled in) and 

 gametic nuclei united; K, young pansporoblast of spheromyxa, with dimorphic nuclei; L. pan- 

 sporoblast with fourteen nuclei; M. pansporoblast divided into sporoblasts. each with two 

 pole capsules {p\ four globules present (j) and with two central reduction nuclei; .V, sporo- 

 blasts having two shell nuclei (.a), two polar capsules, each with a nucleus and two genn nuclei; 

 O. young spore, shell nuclei disappeared, capsule i|i) and germ nuclei {;7 g^ compact and lying 

 in a row; P, same, with union of gametic nuclei in the sporoplasm; Q. same, ripe spore with 

 polar capsules and sporoplasm. 

 10 



