Two new species of Isospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from geckoes of the genus Rhacodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) endemic to New Caledonia

Title:

Two new species of Isospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from geckoes of the genus Rhacodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) endemic to New Caledonia

Creator:

Modrý, David, Jirků, Miloslav, and Veselý, Milan

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:706cb7cf-b60e-416b-adcb-2a62d89ca997
uuid:706cb7cf-b60e-416b-adcb-2a62d89ca997
doi:10.14411/fp.2004.034

Subject:

Coccidia, Apicomplexa, Isospora, taxonomy, Gekkonidae, and Rhacodactylus

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Description:

Coprological examination of New Caledonian geckoes of the genus Rhacodactylus Fitzinger, 1843 revealed two new species of coccidia. Isospora leachiani sp. n. from R. leachianus (Cuvier, 1829) has oval, colourless oocysts, measuring 21-26 × 16-18.5 µm. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal, 11-12.5 × 6.5-8 µm, with distinct Stieda and substieda bodies. Oocysts of Isospora sykorai sp. n. from R. ciliatus (Guichenot, 1866) are elongately oval to cylindrical, 20-23.5 × 11-14 µm; sporocysts of this species are ellipsoidal, 10-11.5 × 7-8 µm, with a slightly pointed end and Stieda and substieda bodies. Infected geckoes did not exhibit any alteration of their health status.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Coverage:

283-286

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2004 Volume:51 | Number:4

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