STOMATOPHORA MAJUMDARI SP. N. (APICOMPLEXA : SPOROZOA) AN ACEPHALINE GREGARINE IN THE SEMINAL VESICLES OF EARTHWORM OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA

BANDYOPADHYAY, P. K. and ROYCHOUDHURI, U. S. and BISWAS, GARGI (2001) STOMATOPHORA MAJUMDARI SP. N. (APICOMPLEXA : SPOROZOA) AN ACEPHALINE GREGARINE IN THE SEMINAL VESICLES OF EARTHWORM OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA. UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 21 (3). pp. 221-224.

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Abstract

A new acephaline gregarine, Stomatophora majumdari sp. n. have been described from the seminal vesicles of the earthworm, Metaphire (=Pheretima) posthuma of Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal, India. The shape of the trophozoite is spherical or ovoidal, flattened and compressed between its poles. It measures 40.0-63.4 m in diameter. The gamontocytes are ovoidal. The large and small gamontocytes measure 90.1-130.5 x 0-115.5 um and 49.9-90.0 x 36.6-55.5 pum respectively. The oocyst is navicular measuring 8.0 x 4.8 pum.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: EP Archives > Biological Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2023 04:22
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2023 04:22
URI: http://research.send4journal.com/id/eprint/3198

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