Monocystis constricta Bandyopadhyay et al. 2009b

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 : 383

9) Monocystis constricta Bandyopadhyay et al. 2009b

Infested organ. Seminal vesicles

Type host. Eutyphoeus quaripapillatus

Type locality. Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Description. Gamonts are elongated, ovoid, have a hood like structure at the anterior end and measure 150.1212.4 (188.1± 2.1) µm × 66.1 − 112.1 (72.3 ± 1.1) µm. Nucleus measures 14.3 − 20.5 (17.3±1.9) µm × 13.3 − 21.9 (18.2±2.1) µm. Gametocysts are ellipsoidal and measure 92.3– 136.3 (111.2 ± 2.1) µm × 78.3–114.4 (82.6 ± 3.6) µm. Prominent syzygy was apparent. Oocysts are navicular, measuring 14.1–22.3 (18.1 ± 3.2) µm × 9.1–15.2 (11.9 ± 1.1) µm.