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The species now known as Peniculistoma mytili was first described as Conchopthirus mytili by William De Morgan in 1925 in an article in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association (vol 13, 600-660).
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Images from the species description by Antipa & Dolan (1985)
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Image of Peniculistoma mytili (endocommensal of the blue mussel Mytilis edulis) using DIC optics. Image by G. A. Antipa.
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Left panel: live specimen imaged with DIC optics (image by G.A. Antipa); right panel: protargol-stained specimen (image by D.H. Lynn).
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Left image: Live specimen imaged using DIC optics; Right image: protargol-stained specimen. Images by G. A. Antipa