Eimeria vitellini n. sp. (Apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from the brazilian toucan Rhamphastos vitellinus vitellinus Lichtenstein (Aves: Picicformes: Rhamplastidae)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Ralph Lainson²  Antonio Messias Costa¹  Jeffrey J. Shaw² 

[1] ,Fundação SESP Instituto Evandro Chagas Seção de ParasitologiaBelém,Brasil

关键词: Apicomplexa;    Eimeriidae;    Eimeria vitellini n. sp.;    coccidia;    toucan;    Rhamphastos v. vitellinus;    Aves;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761990000200010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Eimeria vitellini n. sp. is described from the faeces of the Rhamphastos v. vitellinus. Oocysts broadly ellipsoidal to oval (egg-shaped), 22,6 x 18.3 (20.0-25.0 x 16.3-22.5) micronm, shapeindex (length/width) 1.2 (1.1-1.1). Oocyst wall a single colourless layer about 0.5 micronm thick, becoming thinner at one ectremity, at which point the oocyst usually ruptures. No oocyst residuum, but 1 or 2 small polr bodies of about 1.0-1.5 x 0.5-1.0 micronm. Sporocysts ellongated ellipsoid (pearshaped), 14.3 x 7.5 (13.8-15.0 x 6.9-7.5) micronm, shape-index (1.9 (1.8-2.0), with a thin colourless wall bearing a very delicate Stieda body: a conspicuous sub-Stieda body is present. Sporozoites with anterior and posterior regractile bodies and strongly recurved around a bulky, compact sporocyst residuum composed of relatively fine granules and spherules.

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