Caryospora maxima sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), new coccidium from Forskal’s sand snake, Psammophis schokari (Serpentes: Colubridae) from lava desert of Jordan

Title:

Caryospora maxima sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), new coccidium from Forskal’s sand snake, Psammophis schokari (Serpentes: Colubridae) from lava desert of Jordan

Creator:

Modrý, David, Koudela, Břetislav, Al-Oran, Ratib M., and Amr, Zuhair S.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:8f09b597-308c-4bcc-a3db-21b663e2cf21
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Subject:

Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae, Caryospora maxima, Reptilia, Colubridae, Psammophis schokari, and Jordan

Type:

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Format:

print

Description:

A new coccidian parasite of the genus Caryospora Léger, 1904 is described from the colubrid snake Psammophis schokari (Forskâl, 1775). Oocysts of Caryospora maxima sp. n. are spherical or subspherical, 43.0 (40.0-46.0) X 42.1 (40.0-44.0) pm, with smooth and bilayered oocyst wall ca. 2.0 μιη thick. A micropyle, oocyst residuum and polar granule are absent. Sporocysls are broadly ellipsoidal, 21.3 (21.0-22.0) x 16.3 (16.0-17.0) μιη, with smooth, colourless and unilayered sporocyst wall. Sticda and substieda bodies are present. Sporocyst residuum is present as compact mass of granules lying centrally between sporozoites. Sporozoitcs arc elongate, arranged head to tail within sporocyst. Caryospora maxima represents the first coccidian species described from Psammophis schokari.

Language:

English

Rights:

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

96-98 and 18-20

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 1999 Volume:46 | Number:2

Harvested from:

CDK

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