An Occurrence of New Tapeworm  Diplopylidium Murtizapurensis N.sp. From the Intestine of the Cat, Felis  Domesticus) at Murtizapur, Maharashtra

B.W. Sawarkar

Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2014

An Occurrence of New Tapeworm Diplopylidium Murtizapurensis N.sp. From the Intestine of the Cat, Felis Domesticus) at Murtizapur, Maharashtra

B. W. Sawarkar

Abstract :

In the present worm, the mature segments are three times longer than oad having double set of reproductive organ and measure 0.73 x 0.522 in length and eadth. The testes are small large oval or rounded uniformly distributed in the central medulla almost from anterior to posterior margin of proglottids, overlapping the female gonads, while spreading evenly, 85–90 number and measure 0.002–0.051 in length and 0.017–0.046 in eadth The cirrus pouch is cylindrical, curved elongated, reaching upto the centre of the proglottid, curved anteriorly at one fourth from the anterior margin of the proglottid obliquely situated, at antero–lateral margin and measures 0.173 – 0.204 x 0.041– 0.051 in length and in eadth. The cirrus is long coiled, enlarged atrium and measures 0.0–291 x – 0.311 in length and 0.01–0.006 in eadth.