Neoflabelliforma diaphanosoma n. sp. (Microsporidia) from hypoderm of diaphanosoma leuchtenbergianum (Crustacea: Sididae) in China.

A new microsporidian species was described from the hypoderm of Diaphanosoma leuchtenbergianum sampled from a eutrophic water body of Changshu city, Jiangsu province, China. Infected daphnia generally appeared opaque due to numerous spores accumulated in the host integument. The earliest developmental stages observed were uninucleate meronts which were in direct contact with the host cell cytoplasm.