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Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Gerbilliscus guineae Thomas (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal

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We describe two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from the gerbiline rodent Gerbilliscus guineae in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal. Faecal examination of samples revealed the presence of sporulated oöcysts of two eimerian coccidia, both possessing an oöcyst residuum. Eimeria permira n. sp. is remarkable in terms of oöcyst size and oöcyst wall texture. Sporulated oöcysts are ellipsoidal, 45.8 (42–50) × 32.5 (31–38) μm; the oöcyst wall is 3–4 μm thick, composed of three layers, with the outer layer sheathed by rough granular material; and the sporocysts are broadly ellipsoidal, 15.4 (15–16) × 11 and with a Stieda body present. Oöcysts of Eimeria gerbillisci n. sp. are subspherical, 22.5 (19.5–24) × 18.8 (16.5–20) μm, with a colourless, faintly granulated oöcyst wall 1.5 thick; and the sporocysts are 10.1 (10–12) × 6.7 (6–8), broadly ellipsoidal and often somewhat pointed towards both ends.

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The study was funded by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (grants 524/03/H133 and 524/03/1548) and the Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences (grant no. IAA 6093403).

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  1. Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1–3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

    David Modrý

  2. Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    David Modrý & Miloslav Jirků

  3. Institute of Vertebrate Biology v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Klára Petrželková & Petr Koubek

  4. Liberec Zoo, Masarykova 1347/31, 460 01, Liberec, Czech Republic

    Klára Petrželková

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Modrý, D., Petrželková, K., Jirků, M. et al. Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Gerbilliscus guineae Thomas (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal. Syst Parasitol 71, 223–228 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-008-9150-x

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