taxonID	type	description	language	source
0397D663FFD90B44DF68345B09DAF9CE.taxon	description	Gamont Length (GL) 172.0 – 400.0 µm (257.0 ± 65.0 µm); Gamont Width (GW) 18.0 – 49.0 µm (25.0 ± 9.0 µm); Nucleus Length (NL) 18.0 – 26.0 µm (20.0 ± 3.3 µm); Nucleus Width (NW) 9.0 – 11.0 µm (9.5 ± 0.8 µm); Gametocyst Diameter (GD) 48.0 – 68.0 µm (56.0 ± 1.3 µm); Oocyst Length (OL) 7.0 – 11.5 µm (9.3 ± 1.1 µm). Gamonts are elongated, with a cylindrical main body and a short wider anterior portion which contains the small nucleus. Both the ends are gradually narrowed like a ‘ V’ to a nearly pointed tip. The anterior one­third of the cell is approximately two times wider than the posterior portion. Body length varies from 172.0 – 400.0 µm (257.0 ± 65.0 µm). The maximum body width ranges from 18.0 – 49.0 µm (25.0 ± 9.0 µm) while the average body width ranges from 5.5 – 11.0 µm (7.0 ± 1.5 µm). Ectoplasm is thin, hyaline, about 1.0 – 2.0 µm wide. The width of ectoplasm is greatest at the anterior tip where it is 5.0 – 6.0 µm in thickness. At the posterior end the thickness of the ectoplasm is 1.5 – 2.0 µm. Endoplasm is finely granular. Within the endoplasm very small spindle­shaped paraglycogen reserve granules of about 1.0 µm by 0.5 µm size have been observed. Nucleus is small, slightly elongate, measuring 18.0 – 26.0 x 9.0 – 11.0 µm, having karyosome diffused throughout the nucleoplasm, enclosed within a nuclear membrane. Gametocyst almost rounded with two almost equal gametocytes. Dimension of the gametocyst ranges from 48.0 – 68.0 µm (56.0 ± 1.3 µm). Oocysts biconical, measuring 7.0 – 11.5 µm (9.3 ± 11.0 µm). Taxonomic summary Type Host: Perionyx excavatus (Perrier) Location of the parasite: Seminal vesicles of the host. Type Locality: Sandeshkhali, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India Symbiotype: Host PE 03 – 16 / 11 / 2004 deposited in the museum of the Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India. Type specimens: Syntypes on the slides no. NI / 04, NI / 12 and NI / 14 are deposited in the Museum of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata­ 700016 (Registration no. 2901, 2903, 2904). Etymology: The species Nematocystis indicus sp. nov. has been named after our motherland, India.	en	Bandyopadhyay, Probir K., Mitra, Amlan Kumar, Bhowmik, Biplab (2006): Nematocystis indicus sp. nov. (Apicomplexa: Monocystidae) from an Indian earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Perionyx excavatus (Perrier). Zootaxa 1296: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273534
