| life history, pathology, and description of kudoa ovivora n. sp. (myxozoa, myxosporea): an ovarian parasite of caribbean labroid fishes. | we describe kudoa ovivora n. sp. from ovaries of bluehead wrasse, thalassoma bifasciatum, and record its presence in 6 species (labroidei) collected in the san blas islands. panama. kudoa ovivora spores are quadrate with rounded edges in apical view, oval-shaped with apical valve extensions in side view (mean spore dimensions: length 6.5 microns, width 7.7 microns, thickness 6.9 microns; mean polar capsule dimensions: length 2.1 microns, width 1.5 microns). this is the first kudoa species from g ... | 1999 | 10219318 |