Eimeria abmitu n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the razor-billed curassow Mitu tuberosum Spix (Galliformes: Cracidae) |
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Authors: | Paulo G. Hofstatter Ana M. A. Guaraldo |
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Affiliation: | Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), R. Monteiro Lobato, 255, Campinas, SP, CEP: 13083-862, CP. 6109, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from a cracid bird, Mitu tuberosum Spix, held in captivity is described from Brazil. Oöcysts of Eimeria abmitu n. sp. are ovoid, with a smooth, colourless, bilayered wall, measure 24.2 × 15.5 μm and have a length/width ratio of 1.56. The sporulated oöcysts contain two to five polar granules and four ellipsoidal sporocysts measuring 13.6 × 6.4 μm, each with a small crescent-shaped Stieda body, a sub-Stieda body, a loosely granular sporocyst residuum and two comma-shaped sporozoites each with a spherical refractile body. |
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