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Eimeria carolinensis n. sp., a Coccidium from the White‐Footed Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque)
Author(s) -
ZELLEN BRUCE W. VON
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1959.tb03934.x
Subject(s) - peromyscus , biology , eimeria , anatomy , cyst , white (mutation) , zoology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biochemistry , gene
SYNOPSIS.Eimeria carolinensis n.sp. (Sporozoa) is described from oöcysts in the feces of the white‐footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque) taken in the vicinity of Durham, North Carolina. The oöcysts are ellipsoidal to elongate ellipsoidal, 14–19.5 × 10–13 μ, mean of 17.6 × 11.3 μ. Micropyle absent. Oöcyst wall composed of 2 layers. A refractile granule present but no oöcyst residuum. Sporocysts ovoid almost filling the oöcyst. Small Stieda body present.