title: Eimeria abmitu n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the razor-billed curassow Mitu tuberosum Spix (Galliformes: Cracidae).
abstract: A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from a cracid bird, Mitu tuberosum Spix, held in captivity is described from Brazil. Oöcysts of Eimeria abmitu n. sp. are ovoid, with a smooth, colourless, bilayered wall, measure 24.2 × 15.5 μm and have a length/width ratio of 1.56. The sporulated oöcysts contain two to five polar granules and four ellipsoidal sporocysts measuring 13.6 × 6.4 μm, each with a small crescent-shaped Stieda body, a sub-Stieda body, a loosely granular sporocyst residuum and two comma-shaped sporozoites each with a spherical refractile body.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), R. Monteiro Lobato, 255, Campinas, SP, CEP: 13083-862, CP. 6109, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Hofstatter
authors.forename: Ana M A
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Guaraldo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004539:Eimeria / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D046094:Galliformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D033661:Oocysts / Q000166:cytology