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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 101, No. 5, 2006, pp. 555-558
Bioline Code: oc06094
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 101, No. 5, 2006, pp. 555-558

 en A new Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), possessing mitra-shaped oocysts, from the Neotropical chelid turtle Batrachemys heliostemma check for this species in other resources (Testudines: Chelidae), and its comparison with Eimeria mitraria check for this species in other resources (Laveran & Mesnil 1902)
Pavel Široký; Martin Kamler & David Modrý

Abstract

Eimeria jirkamoraveci check for this species in other resources sp. n. is described from faeces of two specimens of the toad-headed, side-necked turtle Batrachemys heliostemma check for this species in other resources collected at Iquitos in Peru. Oocysts are ovoid to almost spherical, 10.6 (8-12) ' 8.9 (7-10) μm, without micropyle, polar granule and oocyst residuum. One conically stretched end and three blunt conical tubercles at the opposite end of oocyst give it mitra-like appearance. Sporocysts are elongated, ellipsoidal, 7.2 (6-8) ' 4.1 (4-4.5) μm, with a small, knob-like Stieda body and sporocyst residuum composed of fine granules. To avoid possible conspecificity, the described new species is thoroughly compared with the most similar coccidium, E. mitraria, collected from its type host, Chinemys reevesii check for this species in other resources .

Keywords
Coccidia - Apicomplexa - Eimeria jirkamoraveci sp. n. - turtles - Batrachemys - Peru

 
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