[Morphometric variations of the rumen ciliate, Ophryoscolex purkynjei Stein, 1858 (Ciliophora: Entodiniomorphida) from cypriot domestic goats].

The species Ophryoscolex purkynjei and its four formae [O. p. f.

[Rumen ciliate, Ophryoscolex purkynjei Stein, 1858 (Sensu Göçmen, 1999) of the domestic goats (Capra hircus) in Northern Cyprus].

The ciliate protozoon that lives in the rumen of Cypriot domestic goats and belongs to the genus Ophryoscolex from the (Capra hircus) was investigated. As the result of our investigation, a species [Ophryoscolex purkynjei] including four formae [O. p.