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Eimeria kinsellai sp. n. (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) in a Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris from Florida *
Author(s) -
BARNARD WILLIAM P.,
ERNST JOHN V.,
ROPER RICHARD A.
Publication year - 1971
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.1550-7408.1971.tb03370.x
Subject(s) - eimeriidae , eimeria , biology , marsh , residuum , protozoa , veterinary medicine , zoology , botany , ecology , apicomplexa , microbiology and biotechnology , wetland , geology , protozoal disease , medicine , malaria , geochemistry , immunology
SYNOPSIS.Eimeria kinsellai sp. n. is described from the marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris from Florida. Its ellipsoidal oocysts were 23–31 by 15–19 μ (mean 26.7 by 16.9 μ). One to four polar granules were present but an oocyst residuum was absent. The sporocysts were 12–15 by 7–9 μ (mean 13.9 by 8.1 μ), and sporocyst residua were present.