Coccidia (Eimeria and Isospora) of Crocodilians

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski1, Steve J. Upton2, and Lee Couch1

1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
2Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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Updated: 2 May 1999
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
or coccidia@ksu.edu (Upton)


Eimeria alligatori McAllister & Upton, 1990

Host: Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator - Alligatorinae)
Reference: McAllister & Upton 1990

Eimeria caimani Aquino-Shuster & Duszynski, 1989

Host: Caiman yacare (Yacare caiman - Alligatorinae)
Reference: Aquino-Shuster & Duszynski 1989

Eimeria crocodyli Lainson, 1968

Host: Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile - Crocodylinae)
Reference: Lainson 1968

Eimeria hatcheri McAllister & Upton, 1990

Host: Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator - Alligatorinae)
Reference: McAllister & Upton 1990

Eimeria kermorganti (Simond, 1901) Braun, 1908

Synonym: Coccidium kermorganti Simond, 1901
Synonym:Eimeria hermoganti Reichenbach-Klinke, 1977 lapsus
Synonym:Eimeria sp. of Griner, 1983
Synonym:Eimeria sp. of Gardiner, Imes, Jacobson, & Foggins, 1986
Host: Gavialis gangeticus (Indian gharial - Gavialinae)
References: Braun 1908; Gardiner et al. 1986; Griner 1983; Reichenbach-Klinke 1977; Simond 1901

Eimeria paraguayensis Aquino-Shuster & Duszynski, 1989

Host: Caiman yacare (Yacare caiman - Alligatorinae)
Reference: Aquino-Shuster & Duszynski 1989
*NOTE: This species may represent Eimeria caimani

Eimeria pintoi Carini, 1931

Host: Caiman sp. (Caiman - Alligatorinae)
Reference: Carini 1931, 1932, 1933

Eimeria sp. of Gardiner, Imes, Jacobson, &Foggin, 1986

Synonym: Goussia sp. of Gardiner, Imes, Jacobson, & Foggin, 1986
Synonym: Haemogregarina pettiti Thiroux, 1910
Host: Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile - Crocodylinae)
Reference: Gardiner et al. 1986; Levine 1987; Thiroux 1910, 1913

Eimeria spp. (Owens et al., 1988)

Synonym: Goussia sp. of Ladds & Sims, 1990
Synonym: Goussia sp. of Owens, Glazebrook, Ladds, & Campbell, 1988
Hosts: Crocodylus novaeguineae (New Guinea freshwater crocodile - Crocodylinae),
C. porosus (Australian saltwater crocodile - Crocodylinae)
Reference: Ladds & Sims 1990; Ladds et al. 1995; Owens et al. 1988

Isospora jacarei Carini & Biocca, 1940

Synonym: Isospora jocarei Carini & Biocca, 1940 lapsus
Host: Caiman latirosris (Broad-snouted caiman - Alligatorinae)
Reference: Aquino-Shuster & Duszynski 1989; Carini & Biocca 1940

Isospora wilkiei Lainson, 1968

Host: Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile - Crocodylinae)
Reference: Lainson 1968

Genus unknown of Solger, 1877

Host: Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile - Crocodylinae)
Reference: Solger 1877; Solger & Gabriel 1877

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Thiroux, A. 1913. Les formes de reproduction par schizogonie et sporogonie d'Haemogregarina pettiti (Thiroux, 1910) chez Crocodilus niloticus. Bulletin de la Societie de Pathologie Exotique 6: 327-330.