| myxobolus linzhiensis n. sp. (myxozoa: myxobolidae) from the gill filament of schizothorax oconnori lloyd (cyprinidae: schizothoracinae) in tibet, china: morphological and molecular characterization. | in this report, a new myxosporean species, myxobolus linzhiensis n. sp. (cnidaria: myxozoa: bivalvulida), was described from the endemic cyprinid schizothorax oconnori inhabiting the yarlung tsangpo river in the tibetan plateau, china. the whitish ellipsoidal plasmodia of m. linzhiensis n. sp. grew under the epithelium of gill filaments, 1.7-mm long and 0.4-mm wide, and were found in the 3 of 8 examined s. oconnori (37.5%). mature spores appeared suborbicular in frontal view, fusiform shaped in ... | 2017 | 28956158 |