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New species of the genusEimeria (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) from marine fish

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Six new coccidian species are described from marine fish collected on the French Mediterranean coast near Banyuls-sur-Mer and on the coast of Newfoundland. All have sporocysts with well-developed Stieda bodies and are placed into the genusEimeria: E. catalana sp. nova from the intestine ofCrenilabrus mediterraneus, E. hexagona sp. nova from the digestive tract ofOnos tricirratus, E. ivanae sp. nova from the pyloric ceca ofSerranus cabrilla, E. jíroveci sp. nova from the intestine ofRaja clavata, E. lairdi sp. nova from the pyloric ceca ofMyoxocephalus scorpius, E. maggieae sp. nova from the intestine ofPagellus erythrinus, E. nucleocola sp. nova from the pyloric ceca ofMyoxocephalus scorpius, andE. roussillona sp. nova from the intestine ofLbrus turdus. Their taxonomic affinities and histopathologic action are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences, Prague Flemingovo n. 2, 166 32, Praha 6, Czechoslovakia

    Jiří Lom & Iva Dyková

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Lom, J., Dyková, I. New species of the genusEimeria (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) from marine fish. Z. Parasitenkd. 66, 207–220 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00925728

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