Monocystis pheretimi Bhatia &Chatterjee, 1925

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 : 385

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.6146903
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087D0-1415-5A23-FF04-608BB6EB6792
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Monocystis pheretimi Bhatia &Chatterjee, 1925
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20) Monocystis pheretimi Bhatia &Chatterjee, 1925

Infested organ. Seminal vesicles, Coelom

Type host. Pheretima posthuma

Type locality. India

Description. Variable, spherical, ovoidal, ellipsoidal or dumb bell shaped, measures up to 50 − 200 µm. Nucleus spherical or ovoidal. Gametocyst spherical and measures 80 µm. Oocyst not stated.