Alyousif M S, AL-Rasheid K A
Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Parasitol Int. 2001 Mar;50(1):27-32. doi: 10.1016/s1383-5769(00)00068-4.
Eimeria auratae n. sp. was described from the gall bladder of the lizard Mabuya aurata collected at Al-Hofuf village, eastern region, Saudi Arabia. Morphology of sporulated as well as non-sporulated oocysts were studied. Sporulated oocysts were ellipsoidal 22-31.5x13.5-21.8 (27.7x18.5) microm with smooth brownish-yellow bilayered wall, 1.1 (0.9-1.3) microm. Micropyle, polar granule and oocyst residuum were absent. Sporocysts were ellipsoidal 10.5-12.8x7.5-9 (11.8x8.5) microm. Sporocyst residuum was present but Stieda body was absent. Sporozoites were crescent-shaped, blunt at one end and slightly tapered at the other. Eimeria species from Scincidae were compared.
金色艾美球虫(Eimeria auratae)新种是从沙特阿拉伯东部地区胡富夫村采集的金色睑虎(Mabuya aurata)蜥蜴的胆囊中发现的。对孢子化和未孢子化的卵囊形态进行了研究。孢子化卵囊呈椭圆形,大小为22 - 31.5×13.5 - 21.8(27.7×18.5)微米,具光滑的棕黄色双层壁,厚1.1(0.9 - 1.3)微米。无微孔、极粒和卵囊残体。孢子囊呈椭圆形,大小为10.5 - 12.8×7.5 - 9(11.8×8.5)微米。有孢子囊残体,但无斯氏体。子孢子呈新月形,一端钝圆,另一端稍尖。对石龙子科的艾美球虫种类进行了比较。