Description of Pythonella scleruri n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from a brazilian bird rufous-breasted-leaftosser Sclerurus scansor, 1835 (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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94(2): 157-9, Mar.-Apr. 1999. ilus
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ABSTRACT
Coccidian oocysts containing 16 sporocysts with 4 sporozoites in each were observed in a faecal sample from Sclerurus scansor collected in the Itatiaia National Park, southeastern region of Brazil. The oocysts are characterized by ellipsoidal shape measuring 42.5 x 32.8 µm, with smooth, thick doublelayered wall of a greenish-orange colour. An oocyst residuum of numerousscattered granules among the sporocysts in sporulated ones; 16 round sporocysts, averaging 10.5 x 10 µm each containing four elongated sporozoites; presence of residuum; absence of Stieda body. The presently described coccidian, recorded for the first time in birds, is a new species named P. scleruri.
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Main subject:
Birds
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Coccidia
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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