Ceratospira psittaculae		Contents		Rev 03/05/2026
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina

                          Thelazioidea

                  Thelaziidae

                      

           Ceratospira psittaculae Majumdar & Dey Sarkar, 1989

Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle with coarse transverse striations
• Stoma surrounded by papillae
• Buccal capsule small

Males:

• Caudal alae well developed
• Sspicules very unequal, dissmilar, right spicule boat-shaped, stout, rounded distally; left simple, slender, pointed, with a slight swelling; ratio of spicule lengthspicule is 1:11.
• Gubernaculum present.
•  Nine to ten pairs of pedunculate precaudal, two pairs pedunculate adcloacal
• Tail spirally coiled

Females:

• Vulva near the posterior end of pharynx
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Ref: Majumdar and Dey Sarkar, 1989

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Distribution:

Ceratospira psittaculae is a parasite of the eye of a bird. Described from specimens collected from under the nictitating membrane of a bird, the Southern
Blossomheaded Parakeet, Psittacula cyanocephala cyanocephala in Orisssa, India (Majumdar and Dey Sarkar, 1989.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 05, 2026.