Entodinium dalli m. monospinatum n.m. and Entodinium dalli m. triangulobatum n.m., two new morphotypes of Entodinium dalli Dehority, 1974, from Turkish Cattle

Abstract

Abstract. In the course of examining the rumen contents obtained from 25 domestic cattle (Bos taurus taurus) in the vicinity of Kastamonu, Turkey, several new morphotypes of Entodinium dalli Dehority, 1974 were identified. The new morphotypes of this species, E. dalli m. monospinatum n.m. and E. dalli m. triangulabatum n.m. were identified on the basis of differences in their caudal spines and lobes. Including the previously described morphotype Entodinium dalli m. rudidosospinatum brings the total number of E. dalli morphotypes to four. The size and percentage occurence of this species in the present study is compared to those previously reported for other animal hosts living in different geographical locations. ©Biharean Biologist, Oradea, Romania, 2013.