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Choleoeimeria bunopusi sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) Infecting the Gall Bladder of the Tuberculated Gecko Bunopus tuberculatus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Saudi Arabia

Publication date: 29.01.2014

Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp. 267 - 272

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.13.024.1315

Authors

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Saleh Al-Quraishy
Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Abdel-Azeem S. Abdel-Baki
Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
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Mamdooh S. A. AL Otaibi
Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Choleoeimeria bunopusi sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) Infecting the Gall Bladder of the Tuberculated Gecko Bunopus tuberculatus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Choleoeimeria bunopusi sp. n. is described from the gall bladder of the tuberculated gecko Bunopus tuberculatus in Saudi Arabia. The prevalence of infection was 13.3% (2/15). Oocysts were ellipsoidal and measured 31 (30–33) × 21 (20–22) μm. Sporocysts were dizoic, elliptical in shape and measured 12 (11–13) × 7 (6–8) μm. The endogenous development was confined to the gall bladder epithelium. The hypertrophic parasitized biliary epithelium either remained in one layer or became stratified. Meronts, gamonts, and young oocysts were detected.

Information

Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 4, pp. 267 - 272

Article type: Original article

Authors

Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Published at: 29.01.2014

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Saleh Al-Quraishy (Author) - 33%
Abdel-Azeem S. Abdel-Baki (Author) - 33%
Mamdooh S. A. AL Otaibi (Author) - 34%

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