| pterospora floridiensis, a new species of acephaline gregarine (apicomplexa) from the maldanid polychaete axiothella mucosa in st. andrew bay, florida. | pterospora floridiensis, a new species of acephaline gregarine from the body cavity of the bamboo worm axiothella mucosa (polychaeta: maldanidae), is described. the gamont stage is distinctive and possesses a central cytoplasmic mass and two elongate trunks that bifurcate repeatedly and comprise approximately 60% of the total cell length. the gamont averages 198 (50-545) x 71 (25-180) microm (n= 45, 43) from the tip of the trunks to the anterior (the junctional site with the other gamont in syzy ... | 2001 | 11213204 |