Eimeria abmitu n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the razor-billed curassow Mitu tuberosum Spix (Galliformes: Cracidae)

• Published in: Systematic parasitology Vol. 78; no. 1; pp. 69 - 71
• Main Authors: Hofstatter, Paulo G, Guaraldo, Ana M. A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 2011; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animal Anatomy; Animal Ecology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Animals; Apicomplexa; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cracidae; Eimeria; Eimeria - classification; Eimeria - cytology; Eimeria - growth & development; Eimeria - isolation & purification; Eimeriidae; Feces - parasitology; Galliformes; Galliformes - parasitology; Histology; Life Sciences; Morphology; Oocysts - cytology; Zoology; Polar Granule; Refractile Body; Potassium Dichromate; Potassium Dichromate Solution; K2Cr2O7
• ISSN: 0165-5752; 1573-5192
• DOI: 10.1007/s11230-010-9277-4

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.