KUDOA-INTESTINALIS N-SP (MYXOSPOREA, MULTIVALVULIDA) FROM THE INTESTINAL MUSCULATURE OF THE STRIPED MULLET, MUGIL-CEPHALUS, FROM JAPAN

Kudoa intestinalis n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) is described from the intestinal musculature of the striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, from the southeastern coast of the Kii Peninsula, Japan. The plasmodia of the new species are spherical or ellipsoidal and contain quadrangular spores that, on the average, measure 3.4 mum in length. 6.5 mum in width and 6.1 mum in thickness. The species is characterized by the presence of short projections at the apex and concave values posteriorly.