Fig. 1. Glugea sardinellensis n in New Microsporidia, Glugea sardinellensis n. sp. (Microsporea, Glugeida) Found in Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847, Collected off Tunisian coasts

Fig. 1. Glugea sardinellensis n. sp. infecting Sardinella aurita. (A–B) Infected round sardinella showing different sized xenomas in the pyloric caeca (arrows) (scale bar: 1 cm). (C) Fresh spores of G. sardinellensis n. sp. (scale bar: 5 µm). (D–E) Semi-thin section of the pe- ripheral region of the xemona showing the wall (XW) and numerous spores (scale bar: 20 µm). Cf – collagen fibers; Fb – fibroblast cells.