Monocystis apporectodae Bandyopadhyay et al. 2006b

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 : 382

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.4.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5B76EC26-3663-4725-9F2F-6F19F149F303
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6146870
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087D0-1410-5A26-FF04-644FB6D2631E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Monocystis apporectodae Bandyopadhyay et al. 2006b
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2) Monocystis apporectodae Bandyopadhyay et al. 2006b

Infested organ. Seminal vesicles

Type host. Apporectodae trapizoides

Type locality. Bankura, West Bengal, India

Description. Ribbon-like organisms with one or more prominent constrictions especially in some mature forms and measuring with 178.0 − 224.0 (203.0±5.0) µm × 37.0 − 58.0 (46.0±1.5) µm. The extreme ends are pointed. Gametocysts ovoid and measure 108.0 − 118.0(113.0±1.1) µm × 79.0 − 89.0 (83.0±1.1) µm. Oocysts are navicular in shape. The length of the oocysts ranges from 10.0 − 14.6 µm and the width, from 5.5 − 8.1 µm.