Comment of Monocystis
Distribution:
Monocystis is cosmopolitan in distribution.
Habit and Habitat:
The earthworm’s seminal vesicles harbor the parasite Monocystis. Due to the widespread its infection is, this parasite is discovered to parasitize almost all mature earthworms.
Comments
1. The trophozoite’s body is covered in a hard pellicle.
2. The monocystis trophozoite’s (vegetative phase) body is flattened, elongated, club-shaped, and pointed at both ends.
3. The endoplasm, a core semifluid mass, and the thick, surface ectoplasm clearly distinguish the protoplasm.
4. The cilia, flagella, mouth, gullet, and contractile vacuole are absent.
5. The only way the host’s fluid juice gets absorbed into the body is through the surface.
6. The method of reproduction is done by spore formation.
7. Lifecycle is completed in single host,
Economic importance:
Monocystis causes disease in earthworms.
Diagram of Monocystis(Protozoa)
