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Grayallia quadrispina, a New Genus and Species of Monocystid Gregarine Parasite in an Oligochaete, Pheretima heterochaeta (Mich.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

S. B. Setna
Affiliation:
(Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge.)

Extract

The monocystid here described was found in the coelom of Pheretima heterochaeta (Mich.).

The following account is based wholly on material fixed in vapour of osmic acid and methyl alcohol—other fixatives like Bouin's and Schaudinn's gave bad results.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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