Calyptospora-Funduli (Apicomplexa, Calyptosporidae) in the Liver of the Gulf Toadfish, Opsanus-Beta

Authors

M.F.T. Oliveira, University of Southern Mississippi
W.E. Hawkins, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow
Robin M. Overstreet, Gulf Coast Research LaboratoryFollow
J.W. Fournie, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-1993

Department

Biological Sciences

School

Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Abstract

Oocysts of the apicomplexan protozoan Calyptospora funduli were found in the liver of a gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta). The infected specimen was 1 of 54 (1.9%) toadfish livers examined histologically. The paraffin-embedded specimen containing the infection as well as similar material from Fundulus similis were processed for scanning electron microscopical (SEM) examination to view diagnostic surface features of C. funduli sporocysts. SEM examination confirmed sporopodia and a thin veil surrounding each of the 4 sporocysts per oocyst. Although a single case, the toadfish infection expands the broad host specificity of C. funduli to include a host other than an atheriniform fish species.

Publication Title

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volume

60

Issue

2

First Page

273

Last Page

277

Recommended Citation

Oliveira, M., Hawkins, W., Overstreet, R. M., Fournie, J. (1993). Calyptospora-Funduli (Apicomplexa, Calyptosporidae) in the Liver of the Gulf Toadfish, Opsanus-Beta. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 60(2), 273-277.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/6647