Monocystis bengalensis Ghosh, 1923

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

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.6146876
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scientific name	Monocystis bengalensis Ghosh, 1923
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7) Monocystis bengalensis Ghosh, 1923

Infested organ. Seminal vesicles

Type host. Pheritima posthuma

Type locality. Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Description. Trophozoite elongated, club shaped and measuring 40 − 80 µm × 12 − 30 µm. Gametocyst rounded or ovoid and measures 70 − 80 µm in diameter. Oocyst not stated.