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Monocystis sp. are very large parasitic Protozoa (Apicomplexa syn. Sporozoa) commonly called Gregarines and are extremely common in the seminal vesicles of earthworms.
Other species are commonly found in insect guts.
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Practical discussion in Microscopy-UK
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All with Oly 40x phase contrast + 2.5X NFK projection eyepiece; wet mount; all full frame (23.6 x 15.8 mm)
Top: an adult, a mature trophozoit.
Middle: adults form these packages of cysts
Bottom: ruptured package showing individual cysts, when ingested by another worm each of these gives rise to a sporozoite which grows into an adult .
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
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