Eimeria couesii

Eimeria couesii is an apicomplexan parasite of the genus Eimeria that infects the intestine of the rice rat Oryzomys couesi in Mexico.^[1] It has an oocyst residuum and Stieda bodies, structures that are absent in some other Eimeria.^[2]

Eimeria couesii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Eimeriidae
Genus:	Eimeria
Species:	E. couesii
Binomial name
Eimeria couesii Kruidenier, Levine, and Ivens, 1960

References

1. Kruidenier et al., 1960; Barnard et al., 1971, p. 1294
2. Barnard et al., 1974, p. 410

Literature cited

• Barnard, W.P., Ernst, J.V. and Stevens, R.O. 1971. Eimeria palustris sp. n. and Isospora hammondi sp. n. (Coccidia: Eimeriidae) from the marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris (Harlan) (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 57(6):1293–1296.
• Barnard, W.P., Ernst, J.V. and Dixon, C.F. 1974. Coccidia of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from Alabama (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 60(3):406–414.
• Kruidenier, F.J., Levine, N.D. and Ivens, V. 1960. Eimeria (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) from the rice rat and pygmy mouse in Mexico. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Sciences 52:100–101.