Table 1.

Morphometrical comparison between populations of M. ampullicapsulatus and M. honghuensis and its synonyms from different sources

Populations	Host	Location	Site of infection	Length of sequence (nt)	Spore length × width (μm)	Polar capsule length × width (μm)	Polar filament coils	Source
M. ampullicapsulatus CQLg	Carassius auratus auratus (goldfish)	Dazu, Chongqing	Gills	1,576	16.5–19.5 × 8.5–10.0	7.0–10.0 × 2.5–4.0	9–10	Zhao et al. (2008)
M. ampullicapsulatus CQYg	C. auratus auratus (goldfish)	Yongchuan, Chongqing	Gills	2,005	16.5–22.7 × 8.2–14.0	6.2–11.8 × 1.8–4.1	9–10	Present study
M. ampullicapsulatus CQYa.a	C. auratus auratus	Yongchuan, Chongqing	Gills	2,008				Present study
M. ampullicapsulatus JXa.a	C. auratus auratus	Poyang Lake, Jiangxi	Gills	1,990	18.4–20.4 × 8.0–11.6	8.8–14.4 × 3.2–4.4	9–10	Present study
M. ampullicapsulatus HBa.a	C. auratus auratus	Wuhan, Hubei	Gills	1,962	–	–	–
M. ampullicapsulatus JSa.g	C. auratus gibelio	Yancheng, Jiangsu	Pharynx, gills	1,996	16.7–18.5 × 8.4–9.6	8.4–9.6 × 3.0–3.6	8–10	Xi et al. (2011)
M. honghuensis HBa.g	C. auratus gibelio	Honghu Lake, Hubei	Pharynx	1,555	15.1–19.5 × 9.0–11.3	7.9–8.1 × 3.0–4.5	7–8	Liu et al. (2012)