1.
Parasite
; 17(1): 71-5, 2010 Mar.
Artigo
em Francês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20387742
RESUMO
Three species of gregarines were found in specimens of the annelid polychaete Marphysa sanguinea collected in the Lake of Tunis: Bhatiella marphysae Setna, 1931, described from Marphysa sanguinea (India); Ferraria cornucephala iwamusi H. Hoshide, 1956, found in Marphysa iwamusi (Japan); and Viviera sp. a species sharing characteristics with Viviera marphysae Schrével, 1963, described in France from Marphysa sanguinea. These gregarines are reported for the first time from this host in Tunisia. Bhatiella marphysae and Viviera sp. belong to the family Lecudinidae (Aseptatorina). Our observations confirm the occurrence of a true septum in Ferraria cornucephala which must be maintained in Polyrhabdinae (Septatorina).