Monocystis ranaghatensis Bandyopadhyay &Mitra, 2005

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 : 386

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.6146907
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087D0-1414-5A22-FF04-67B7B3466373
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Monocystis ranaghatensis Bandyopadhyay &Mitra, 2005
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22) Monocystis ranaghatensis Bandyopadhyay &Mitra, 2005

Infested organ. Seminal vesicles

Type host. Eutyphoeus waltoni

Type locality. Ranaghat, Nadia, West Bengal, India

Description. Trophozoites of M. ranaghatensis are napiform, having a nearly spheroid to ellipsoid or ovoid body, 119.0 − 167.0 (124.0±11.0) µm × 57.0 − 84.0 (62.0±1.9) µm with a prominent tail like structure at the posterior end and ellipsoidal nucleus measures, 9.0 − 22.0 (12.0±0.4) µm × 9.0 − 13.0 (10.0±1.5) µm. Gametocysts are eggshaped measuring 95.0-124.0 (105.0±0.9) µm Oocysts are biconical measuring 7.6 − 10.1 (9.3±1.1) µm ×4.1 − 5.6 (4.5±1.3) µm.