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A Coccidian from the eggs of Thalassema neptuni Gaertner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Doris L. Mackinnon  and
H. N. Ray
Doris L. Mackinnon
Affiliation:
From the Department of Zoology, King's College, London
H. N. Ray
Affiliation:
From the Department of Zoology, King's College, London
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1. An account is given of a sporozoan parasite, hitherto known as Monocystis thalassemae Lankester, and its coccidian nature is demonstrated.

2. Schizogony and sporogony both occur in the eggs of Thalassema neptuni while these are in the genital pouches (nephridial sacs). Schizogony was observed on three occasions, and only the later stages were seen.

3. The full-grown sexual parasites are vermiform and immobile. The males are smaller than the females.

4. The microgametocyte, when it becomes spherical, gives rise to very numerous, elongate microgametes, similar to those of Aggregata.

5. Fertilization has not been observed. The oocystic membrane is only sometimes formed and is always inconspicuous.

6. At all stages where a chromosome count was possible, the number of chromosomes was seven. The reduction division is zygotic. No polymitotic figures were observed either in microgametogenesis or in sporogony.

7. Numerous sporocysts are produced. These may contain as many as twelve nuclei, and presumably give rise to at least twelve sporozoites. The formation of sporozoites has not been observed by us, but was noted by Lankester.

8. A new coccidian genus, Ovivora, is created for this organism, which now becomes Ovivora thalassemae (Lankester) and is relegated to the subfamily Aggregatinae in Hoare's classification.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 1937 , pp. 457 - 468
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1937

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