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Eimeria kinsellai sp. n. (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) in a Marsh Rice Rat Oryzomys palustris from Florida* |
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| Authors: | WILLIAM P. BARNARD JOHN V. ERNST RICHARD A. ROPER |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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