taxonID	type	description	language	source
940C3F3B4EFA5027BE758BE427A019BF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name branchiostegi is derived from the generic name of its host, Branchiostegus argentatus.	en	Xiong, Yalin, Zhao, Yuanjun, Chen, Xue, Wang, Mao, Peng, Jianjun, Cui, Xiaojuan, Yang, Chengzhong (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of Myxobolus branchiostegi sp. nov. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) infecting the gallbladder of Branchiostegus argentatus Cuvier, 1830 from the East China Sea. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4): 2357-2367, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.170695
940C3F3B4EFA5027BE758BE427A019BF.taxon	description	Description. Vegetative stages were not observed. The mature myxospores are oval in shape, with blunt anterior and posterior ends, in both valvular and sutural views (Fig. 2). Two equal-sized pyriform polar capsules are arranged in an inverted V-shape in the upper half of the myxospore, with their anterior third closely appressed to each other and containing a polar tubule coiled 4 – 6 turns. The sporoplasm is single and occupies the entire intracapsular cavity beneath the polar capsules, with a small, round nucleus visible in the lower half of the spore. The morphological measurements of mature myxospores (n = 25) are as follows: spore length 9.21 ± 0.52 (8.3 – 9.8) μm, spore width 7.40 ± 0.60 (6.2 – 8.0) μm, polar capsule length 4.40 ± 0.34 (3.7 – 4.8) μm, polar capsule width 2.58 ± 0.17 (2.3 – 2.9) μm.	en	Xiong, Yalin, Zhao, Yuanjun, Chen, Xue, Wang, Mao, Peng, Jianjun, Cui, Xiaojuan, Yang, Chengzhong (2025): Taxonomy and phylogeny of Myxobolus branchiostegi sp. nov. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) infecting the gallbladder of Branchiostegus argentatus Cuvier, 1830 from the East China Sea. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4): 2357-2367, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.170695
