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Two New Coccidia (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) from Costa Rican Lizards with a Review of the Eimeria from Lizards *
Author(s) -
DUSZYNSKI DONALD W.
Publication year - 1969
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.1550-7408.1969.tb02317.x
Subject(s) - eimeriidae , residuum , coccidia , eimeria , biology , protozoa , zoology , apicomplexa , cryptosporidium , isospora , anatomy , parasite hosting , ecology , botany , feces , protozoal disease , microbiology and biotechnology , geology , malaria , geomorphology , world wide web , computer science , immunology
SYNOPSIS. Thirty‐three lizards from Costa Rica were examined for coccidia. Cryptosporidium ctenosauris sp. n. is described from Ctenosaura similis, Eimeria basilisci sp. n. from Basiliscus basiliscus , and additional data are added to the description of Isosporacnemidophori Carini, 1942. Ellipsoidal oocysts of C. ctenosauris averaged 21.7 by 11.5 μ. They had no polar body or micropyle but had an oocyst residuum; the oocysts contained 4 elongate sporozoites with averaged 15.0 by 3.4 μ. The oocysts of E. basilisci were ellipsoidal and averaged 38.0 by 17.8 μ. They had no oocyst residuum or polar body. Their sporocysts were ovoid to ellipsoidal and averaged 12.7 by 7.0 μ. A sporocyst residuum was present.