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On the Parasitic Protozoa of Liberia. III. Three new species of Caryospora Léger, 1904 from the hissing sand snake Psammophis sibilans phillipsi and a note on a Caryospora in Coluber ravergieri nummifer from Israel.
Author(s) -
BRAY R. S.
Publication year - 1960
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.1550-7408.1960.tb05976.x
Subject(s) - eimeriidae , biology , protozoa , zoology , parasite hosting , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , apicomplexa , protozoal disease , immunology , malaria , world wide web , computer science
SYNOPSIS. Three new species of Caryospora (Coccidiida, Eimeriidae) are described from Psammophis sibilans phillipsi. These are C. psammophi sp. nov.: oöcysts with yellow walls, 25 to 34 μ . ×23 to 31 μ C. hermae sp. nov.: oöcysts with colorless walls, 21 to 24 μ× 20 to 22 p) and C. weyerae sp. nov.: oocysts with colorless walls, 14 to 18 μ× 13 to 17 μ, Endogenous stages of all three parasites are found in epithelial cells of the small intestine of the snake. A Caryospora from Israel is described and named C. zucker‐manae sp. nov.: oöcysts spherical with outer wall crumpled. 15 to 18 μ