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The morphology and partial cytology of a group of bacteria-related organisms from the guts of surgeonfish are described. These gigantobacteria symbionts are encountered in the guts of various species of this fish family throughout the Indo-Pacific region and the Red Sea. They have been tentatively grouped and placed in a “family”, Epulopiscidae, according to the first species described,Epulopiscium fishelsoni Montgomery and Pollak, 1988. In addition to a morphological comparison between the various forms from different species of surgeonfish, suggestions are presented with regard to their possible morphological diversification during evolutionary and host-species specificity.
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Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel, , , , , , IL
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Received: 10 June 1998 / Accepted: 29 October 1998
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Fishelson, L. Polymorphism in gigantobacterial symbionts in the guts of surgeonfish (Acanthuridae: Teleostei).Marine Biology133, 345–351 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050473
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