Monocystis megascolexae Kar, 1946

Sarkar, Sutapa & Bandyopadhyay, Probir K., 2013, A checklist of the species under the genus Monocystis Von Stein, 1848 (Apicomplexa: Sporozoa: Monocystidae) described from oligochaete hosts, Zootaxa 3710 (4), pp. 381-388 : 385

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.4.7

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5B76EC26-3663-4725-9F2F-6F19F149F303

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6146894

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scientific name

Monocystis megascolexae Kar, 1946
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16) Monocystis megascolexae Kar, 1946

Infested organ. Seminal vesicles

Type host. Megascloex sp.

Type locality. Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Description. Trophozoite measures 135.8 − 429.0 µm ×58.2–97.5 µm with variable form, elongated, one end rounded, the other end pointed. Nucleus spherical and measures 25 µm in diameter. Gametocyst spherical and 135 µm in diameter. Oocysts spindle shaped with blunt end measuring 15.43 − 8.24 µm.

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