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Eimeria atricillae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus) (Aves: Charadriiformes: Laridae) in Port Isabel, Texas

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A new coccidian species, Eimeria atricillae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) collected from the laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla, is reported from Port Isabel, Texas, USA. Sporulated oöcysts of the new species are spherical to subspherical, 16.0−18.1 × 14.4−16.6 (17.1 × 15.4) μm, with a length/width (L/W) ratio of 1.0−1.1; polar granules are present, but micropyle and oöcyst residuum are absent. Sporocysts are ovoid, 9.1−9.7 × 6.1−7.1 (9.4 × 6.6) μm, with a L/W ratio of 1.3−1.5; Stieda body present, but sub-Stieda and para-Stieda bodies are absent; sporocyst residuum diffuse.

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Photosyntypes line drawing, and oöcysts in 70% ethanol are deposited and available (www.ibirds.org) in the Repository of the iBIRDS, under the repository number ESV-33/2023, along with the photographs of the type-host specimen (symbiotype).

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Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados en Salud Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico.

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This study was funded by Institute for Biodiversity Research, Development & Sustainability (iBIRDS, Mexico).

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    Edgardo Soriano-Vargas & Celene Salgado-Miranda

  2. Institute for Biodiversity Research, Development and Sustainability (iBIRDS, A. C.), San Agustín Berros s/n, 50960, Villa Victoria, State of Mexico, Mexico

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This study was performed by all authors. Laboratory procedures for maintenance, recovery, measurements, photomicrographs and isolation of oöcysts were performed ESV and CSM. MAGA drew the coccidian oöcyst. The manuscript was written by CSM.

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Correspondence to Celene Salgado-Miranda.

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Soriano-Vargas, E., García-Albarrán, M.A. & Salgado-Miranda, C. Eimeria atricillae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus) (Aves: Charadriiformes: Laridae) in Port Isabel, Texas. Syst Parasitol 101, 29 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10153-4

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