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ArticleActa parasitologica2025

Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses of Ceratomyxa tessaloniensis n. sp. In Astyanax mexicanus De Fillipi, 1853 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Flexal River, Tessalônica Community, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.

Saturo Cardoso, Abthyllane Amaral de Carvalho, Roger Leomar da Silva Ferreira, Jhonata Eduard Farias de Oliveira, Rafaela Franco de Araújo, Lilia Suzane de Oliveira Nascimento, José Ledamir Sindeaux Neto, Marcela Nunes Videira, Michele Velasco

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  1. New freshwater Ceratomyxa species, Ceratomyxa affinis n. sp. (Myxozoa: Ceratomyxidae) in the gallbladder of Leporinus affinis from Brazilian Amazon.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2025
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Saturo CardosoPostgraduate Programme in Animal Health and Production in the Amazon (PPGSPAA), Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7819-6661
Abthyllane Amaral de CarvalhoPostgraduate Programme in the Biology of Infectious and Parasitic Agents (BAIP), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9598-1590
Roger Leomar da Silva FerreiraPostgraduate Programme in the Biology of Infectious and Parasitic Agents (BAIP), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-0380
Jhonata Eduard Farias de OliveiraPostgraduate Programme in the Biology of Infectious and Parasitic Agents (BAIP), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5642-5361
Rafaela Franco de AraújoPostgraduate Programme in the Fisheries Resources and Fisheries Engineering, State University of Western Paraná, Toledo, State of Paraná, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5016-161X
Lilia Suzane de Oliveira NascimentoMorphophysiology and Animal Health Laboratory, State University of Amapá, Macapá, State of Amapá, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1165-7297
José Ledamir Sindeaux NetoLaboratory of Morpho-Molecular Integration and Technologies, Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8784-0891
Marcela Nunes VideiraMorphophysiology and Animal Health Laboratory, State University of Amapá, Macapá, State of Amapá, Brazil. videiravet@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-8521
Michele VelascoLaboratory of Morpho-Molecular Integration and Technologies, Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2525-423X

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Abstract

purposeThis work described a new species of Ceratomyxa, based on morphological and phylogenetic analyzes of myxospores collected from the gallbladder of the fish Astyanax mexicanus.

methodsSixty-two specimens were captured, between December 2022 and February 2024, in the Flexal River, in the community of Tessalônica, state of Amapá. The specimens were transported alive to the Laboratory of Morphophysiology and Animal Health, at the State University of Amapá, where the studies were carried out.

resultsEleven specimes of A. mexicanus was parasitized with Ceratomyxa tessaloniensis n. sp. Morphological and morphometric analyses revealed strongly arched spores that measured 3.13 ± 0.5 μm in length and 12.18 ± 1.9 μm in thickness with a posterior angle of 74º ± 10.6º and two polar capsules measuring 1.74 ± 0.1 μm long and 1.5 ± 0.16 μm wide. The partial sequence of the 18 S gene from spores of Ceratomyxa tessaloniensis n. sp., comprised 932 base pairs.

conclusionPhylogenetic analysis grouped Ceratomyxa tessaloniensis n. sp., with strong nodal support for the exclusive clade of freshwater species, being a new species described for the State of Amapá, the first described in A. mexicanus and the first species with the presence of non-wormlike plasmodia in South America.

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CharacidaeCharaciformesFish DiseasesMyxozoaParasitic Diseases, AnimalPhylogenyAnimalsBrazilGallbladderRiversAstyanaxCeratomyxidaeCoelozoicFishMyxozoaParasite

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