New species of Cryptosporidium Tyzzer, 1907 (Apicomplexa) from ...

Figs. 23–30. Scanning electron micrographs of Cryptosporidium fragile sp. n. Fig. 23. Unidentified developmental stages (arrow)
and released motile zoites (arrowhead). Fig. 24. Young, bell-shaped trophozoite. Fig. 25. Surface of gastric epithelium with
several rounded trophozoites (arrows). Fig. 26. Unidentified developmental stages. Figs. 27, 28. Developmental stages with
stems. Fig. 29. Immature meront with budding merozoites and ruptured parasitophorous sac. Fig. 30. Mature meront with slender
merozoites. Abbreviations: bl – button-like dense band area; m – merozoite; mv – microvilli; ps – parasitophorous sac; s – stem;
* – radial folds of parasitophorous sac. Scale bars: Figs. 23, 25 = 2 µm; Fig. 24 = 500 nm; Figs. 26–30 = 1 µm.
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