Abstract

Abstract A description is provided for Loma morhuae , which infects Gadus morhua (fish family Gadidae) off the northern east coast of North America; infections developing in the host cytoplasm (but not in nerve tissues), without diplokarya, and resulting in tumours (also known as 'xenomas') in which the host nucleus is centrally located. Some information on its dispersal and transmission, habitats and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia))).

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