
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Willis, AG 
T1  - On the Vegetative Forms and Life History of Chloromyxum Thyrsites Gilchrist and Its Doubtful Systematic Position
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1949
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SP  - 379
EP  - 398
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9490379 
N2  - The association between a myxosporidian parasite, Chloromyxum thyrsites, and "milky" specimens of the gempylid fish Thyrsites atun has been previously described by Johnson and Cleland (1910) and Gilchrist (1924). This association has been again confirmed in the present work with the addition of observations, from post-mortem studies, which show that there is a close correlation between the presence of aggregates of the parasite and the progressive liquefaction of the somatic muscular tissues (the condition of "milkiness" which may affect from 5-7 per cent. of the commercial catches of Thyrsites atun). 
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