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Fourteen Morphotypes of Entodinium ovumrajae (Ophryoscolecidae, Entodiniomorphida) Found in the Dromedary Camel of Egypt
Author(s) -
IMAI SOICHI,
SHINNO TAKANOBU,
IKE KAZUNORI,
MORITA TATSUSHI,
SELIM HATEM MOHAMED
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00591.x
Subject(s) - biology , ciliate , zoology , botany , ecology
During a survey of the ciliate protozoal composition of the stomach contents of nine dromedary camels of Egypt, fourteen morphotypes of Entodinium ovumrajae , which has been considered as a species peculiar to camels, were found in six camels. Except for five morphotypes including one originally described as an independent species and its forms, these were newly detected. These morphotypes, divided into three groups, can be identified mainly by the morphology of their ectoplasmic processes. Each camel had on average, about five morphotypes of this species.