Journal of Environment and Sociobiology

C. Kalavati ¹, B. Narayana Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 Depatment of Zoology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, IN

Abstract

A new species of the genus Leptotheca. Thelohan, 1895. (Phylum: Myxozoa), L. mackenzii n. sp. is described from the urinary bladder of the rice field frog, Lemnecliis limnocharis collected from the fields in Vizianagaram. Andhra Pradesh, south India. Spores of the parasite were oval measuring 11.2 µm x l5.6 µm with 16-18 distinct oblique striations. Polar capsules were bulb shaped. 6.2 µm x 4.8 µm in size. Polar filaments were thick, Oat and 26.6 µm long

Keywords

Leptotheca Mackenzii n. Sp, Leinnectus Limnocharis. Amphibian Myxozoan.

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