Checklist of the species under the Genus Stomatophora Drzhevetskii, 1907 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida) described from Annelid Hosts
Author
Sarkar, Sutapa
Author
Mallik, Partha
Author
Bandyopadhyay, Probir K.
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2018
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/118313
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Stomatophora simplex
Bhatia, 1924
Infected organ:
Seminal vesicles
Type
host:
Pheretima rodericensis
Type
locality:
India
Description:
Trophozoite spherical, ovoidal or elliptical measuring 55 µ in length. The body is not marked with any furrows or epicytal striations. The sucker is a circular cup with a central projection portion from which meridional ribs radiate outwards to the rim of the sucker. Nucleus spherical and may be located at any part of the body. Cyst elliptical, measuring 68 µ to 84 µ by 48 µ to 75 µ. Spores navicular with the extremities flattened, irregularly crowded together in the cyst. It measures 8.5 µ to 18.6 µ by 5 µ to 6.8 µ.