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Parasite
Volume 12, Number 1, March 2005
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Page(s) | 9 - 13 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2005121009 | |
Published online | 15 March 2005 |
Mémoire
Two new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Asian geoemydid turtles Kachuga tentoria and Melanochelys trijuga (Testudines: Geoemydidae)
Deux espèces nouvelles d’Eimeria (Apicomplexa : Eimeriidae) de tortues d’Asie Kachuga tentoria et Melanochelys trijuga (Testudines : Geoemydidae)
1
Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, CZ-612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
2
Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, CZ-612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
3
Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic
* Correspondence: Pavel Široký. Tel.: +420 541 562 635 E-mail: sirokyp@vfu.cz
Received:
2
December
2004
Accepted:
10
December
2004
Coprological examination of ten Pink-ringed tent turtles Kachuga tentoria circumdata, recently imported from India, and three Burmese black turtles Melanochelys trijuga edeniana, imported from Myanmar, revealed the presence of two new species of Eimeria. Oocysts of Eimeria kachua n. sp. from K. t. circumdata are broadly oval to subspherical, 15.3 (13-18) × 13.9 (12-16) μm, with polar granule and subspherical oocyst residuum. Sporocyst elongatelly oval to spindle-shaped, 8.7 (7.5-10) × 4.9 (4-6) μm, with a knoblike Stieda body, covered with fine membranous cupola-like structures. Thin walled oocysts of Eimeria patta n. sp. from M. t. edeniana, have an irregular shape, influenced by the position of sporocysts, frequently with lobular irregularities, 12.6 (11-16) × 9.1 (7.5-12) μm. Sporocysts are oval to ellipsoidal, 5.8 (5-7) × 4.2 (3.5-5) μm.
Résumé
L’examen coprologique de dix tortues Kachuga tentotia circumdata, récemment importées d’Inde, et de trois tortues Melanochelys trijuga edeniana, importées du Myanmar (Birmanie) révèle la présence de deux espèces nouvelles d’Eimeria. Les oocytes d’Eimeria kachua n. sp. provenant de K. t. circumdata sont ovales ou subsphériques – 15,3 (13-18) × 13,9 (12-16) μm – avec un granule polaire et un résidu oocytaire subsphérique. Les sporocytes ont une forme ovale alongée à fusiforme – 8,7 (7,5-10) × 4,9 (4-6) μm – avec un corps de Stieda protubérant et sont couverts d’une fine structure membranaire. Les rares oocytes d’Eimeria patta n. sp. provenant de M. t. edeniana ont une forme irrégulière, influencée par la position des sporocytes, avec des irrégularités lobulaires fréquentes – 12,6 (11-16) × 9,1 (7,5-12) μm –. Les sporocytes sont de forme ovale à ellipsoïdale -– 5,8 (5-7) × 4,2 (3,5-5) μm –.
Key words: Coccidia / Apicomplexa / Eimeria / taxonomy / Geoemydidae / Kachuga / Melanochelys
Mots clés : Coccidia / Apicomplexa / Eimeria / taxonomie / Geoemydidae / Kachuga / Melanochelys
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