Coexistence of two haplosporidian parasites in a population of the marine amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis with evidence for parasite phagocytosis and transmission mode.
The amphipod _Parhyale hawaiensis_ live hiding underneath stones and shingles along the shore line in supra-littoral zone of Sharm El-Nagha site, Hurghada city, Red Sea. The collected specimens of _P. hawaiensis_ are infected with two protozoan parasites, _Urosporidium_ sp. and _Haplosporidium_ sp. which invade many organs of both females and males. The life cycle of the parasites was described in ... Read more