Eimeria sphaerica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eimeriorina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Alveolata Phylum: Myzozoa Subphylum: Apicomplexa Infraphylum: Sporozoa Classis: Conoidasida Subclassis: Coccidiasina Ordo: Eucoccidiorida Subordo: Eimeriorina

Familia: Eimeriidae
Genus: Eimeria
Species: Eimeria sphaerica

Name

Eimeria sphaerica (Aim.Schneid.) Levine & Becker, 1933

Synonymy

• Homotypic
• Coccidium sphaericum Aim.Schneid., 1887 (protonym)

Host: Ichthyosaura alpestris (Laurenti, 1768)

Locality: France

• Heterotypic
• Cytophagus tritonis Steinhaus, 1891 [haud typo]
  • Eimeria tritonis (Steinhaus) Walton, 1941
  • Karyophagus tritonis (Steinhaus) Wasielewski, 1896

Host: Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus), 1758

Locality: near Warsaw, Poland [formerly Russian Empire]

References

Primary references

• Steinhaus, J. 1891. Cytophagus tritonis. Eine in den Darmepithelzellen parasitisch lebende Coccidie. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde 9(1): 50–52. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Levine, N.D. 1988. The Protozoan phylum Apicomplexa. 2 Volumes. Boca Raton: CRC Press. [e-book 2018]. Vol. 1, 218 pp. DOI: 10.1201/9781351076104 Vol 2, 168 pp. DOI: 10.1201/9781351076111. Reference page.