Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, CAPES postgraduate scholarship, Br 465 - Km 7, CEP: 23851-970, Seropédica, Caixa Postal 74.539, RJ, Brazil.
Eur J Protistol. 2010 May;46(2):150-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2009.12.005. Epub 2010 Feb 16.
Coccidians are parasitic protozoans, and Calyptospora is an important genus of coccidia found in freshwater and marine fish of the Americas. This paper describes Calyptospora sp. that were found parasitizing the liver and intestine of Triportheus guentheri and the intestine of Tetragonopterus chalceus, two forage fish species from the Três Marias Reservoir, Upper São Francisco River, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Apicomplexa found in the São Francisco Basin are reported here for the first time.
球虫是寄生的原生动物,Calyptospora 是在美洲淡水和海水鱼类中发现的一个重要球虫属。本文描述了在 Três Marias 水库、上圣弗朗西斯科河、米纳斯吉拉斯州的两种饲料鱼 Triportheus guentheri 的肝脏和肠道以及 Tetragonopterus chalceus 的肠道中发现的寄生在那里的 Calyptospora 属。本文首次报道了在圣弗朗西斯科流域发现的顶复门寄生虫。