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The microgametocyte is smaller and more sausage-shaped than crescentic. The spindle- shape forms are immature gametocytes. You will also see a macrogametocyte. It is crescentic and has a nucleus that is more centrally placed and more compact. These all contain centrally placed chromatin and pigment.