Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil

Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil

Three new coccidian (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) species are reported from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis from Brazil. Sporulated oocysts of Isospora curio n. sp. are spherical to subspherical; 24.6 × 23.6 (22-26 × 22-25) mum, shape-index (SI, length/width) of 1.04 (1.00-1.15). Oocyst wal...

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Main Authors: Evandro Amaral Trachta e Silva, Ivan Literák, Bretislav Koudela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2006-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Isospora
curio
lesser seed-finch
Oryzoborus angolensis
Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000500016

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