Monocystis levinei Bandyopadhyay 2005

Abstract

14) Monocystis levinei Bandyopadhyay et al. 2005 Infested organ. Seminal vesicles Type host. Eutyphoeus incommodus Type locality. Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India Description. Gamonts are elongated in shape, measuring 145.0 − 175.0 (163.0±1.5) µm × 18.0 − 43.0 (29.0±1.1) µm with a prominent tail like protrusion at the posterior end. Rounded nucleus measuring 14.2 − 26.3 (22.3±7.3) µm × 18.4 − 30.5 (26.4±2.6) µm. Gametocysts are ovoid in shape ranging from 130.0 − 163.0 (152.0±0.4) µm, whereas oocysts are navicular in shape, ranging in size from 8.9 − 12.0 (10.4±1.0) µm × 5.2 − 7.3 (6.9±0.5) µm.Published as part of 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, pp. 381-388 in Zootaxa 3710 (4) on page 384, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/616424