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| Title: | Eimeria yemenensae n.sp. ( Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the rock agama ( Agama yemenensis) in Saudi Arabia |
| Authors: | Al-Rasheid, Khaled A.S.
Alyousif, Mohamed S. |
| Keywords: | Southern Saudi Arabia
Lizard
Agama yemenensis
Eimeria yemenensae n.sp |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Citation: | Parasitology International: 47; 127-130 |
| Abstract: | Eimeria yemenensae nsp. is described from the intestine of Agama yemenensis from Asir, southern region, Saudi
Arabia, Sporulated oocysts are elongate-ellipsoid, 29.2 X 17.6 (26.4-31.5 X 15519.0) pm, with smooth greenish-yellow
bilayered wall, 1.03 (0.9-1.3) pm. Micropyle, polar granule and oocyst residuum are absent. Sporocysts are
ellipsoid, 10.5 x 7.0 (8.0-11.0 X 6.4-7.8) pm. Sporocyst residuum is present. The sporocysts lack a Stieda body.
Sporozoitesa re crescent-shapedb,l unt at one end and slightly tapered at the other. Eimeria speciesfr om Agamidae
are compared. |
| URI: | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600111/description#description
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3238 |
| ISSN: | 1383-5769 |
| Appears in Collections: | College of Science
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