title: Some corrections of coccidian (Apicomplexa: Protozoa) nomenclature.
abstract: The following nomenclatural corrections and changes are introduced for the coccidia. NEW SPECIES: Cryptosporidium rhesi from the rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta; Cryptosporidium serpentis from the snakes Elaphe guttata, Elapha subocularis, Crotalus horridus, and Sanzinia madagascarensis; Eimeria perazae from the lizard Cnemidophorus l. lemniscatus; and Eimeria tarichae from the salamander Taricha toirosa. NEW COMBINATIONS: Orcheobius carinii for Cariniella carinii from the frog Leptodactylus ocellatus; Schellackia iguanae for Lainsonia iguanae from the iguana Iguana iguana; Schellackia weinbergi for Haemogregarina weinbergi from the lizard Tupinambis nigropunctatus; Dorisa harpia for Dorisiella harpia from the bat Harpiocephalus harpia lasyurus; Barrouxia labbei for Echinospora labbei from the centipedes Lithobius mutabilis and L. pyrenaicus; and Barrouxia ventricosa for Echinospora ventricosa from the centipede Lithobius hexodus. The generic names Lainsonia and Gordonella are synonymized with Schellackia; Echinospora with Barrouxia; and Cariniella with Orcheobius.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000469:parasitology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology; D003044:Coccidia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000469:parasitology; D012911:Snakes / Q000469:parasitology; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014319:Triturus / Q000469:parasitology