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1 February 2014 A New Coccidian (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Galápagos Tortoise, Chelonoidis sp. (Testudines: Testudinidae), from the Dallas Zoo
Chris T. McAllister, Donald W. Duszynski, David T. Roberts
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Abstract

During January 1994, feces from a captive juvenile Galápagos tortoise, Chelonoidis sp., from the Dallas Zoo, Dallas County, Texas was examined for coccidia. The tortoise was found to harbor an eimerian which is described as new. Sporulated oocysts of Eimeria iversoni n. sp. were ovoidal with a smooth, single-layered wall (∼0.5–0.8) that measured (L × W) 13.5 × 10.3 μm, with a length/width (L/W) ratio of 1.3; micropyle, oocyst residuum, and polar granule(s) were all absent; 2 conical projections were present on 1 end of oocyst and measured 1.0–1.5. Sporocysts were elongate–ellipsoidal and measured 8.3 × 4.5 μm, with L/W of 1.8; a Stieda body (∼0.5 high) was present, but substieda and parastieda bodies were absent; a sporocyst residuum was composed of 2–5 granules in a compact mass between sporozoites; sporozoites were banana-shaped and measured 9.5 × 2.5 in situ, with an ellipsoidal posterior refractile body and a spheroidal anterior refractile body. This is only the second time an eimerian has been reported from Galápagos tortoises.

© American Society of Parasitologists 2014
Chris T. McAllister, Donald W. Duszynski, and David T. Roberts "A New Coccidian (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Galápagos Tortoise, Chelonoidis sp. (Testudines: Testudinidae), from the Dallas Zoo," Journal of Parasitology 100(1), 128-132, (1 February 2014). https://doi.org/10.1645/13-307.1
Received: 13 December 2012; Accepted: 1 April 2013; Published: 1 February 2014
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