Coccidia (Eimeria and Isospora) of Invertebrates

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Eimeria (?) beauchampi Leger & Duboseq, 1917 nomen nudum
Host: Glossobalanus minutus (Protochortata)
References: Benito 1977; Fernandez 1983, 1988, 1989; Leger & Duboseq 1917; Marion 1886;
Spengel 1884, 1893; Sun 1910
*NOTE: The description is based solely on meronts and gametes.

Eimeria ekdysios Triffit, 1928
Host: Tachypodoiulus niger (Diplopoda)
Reference:Triffitt, 1928
*NOTE: Most likely a rabbit coccidian rectally imbibed.

Eimeria (?) epidermica Leger & Duboseq, 1917 nomen nudum
Host: Glossobalanus minutus (Enteropneust)
References: Leger & Duboseq 1917; Sun 1910
*NOTE: The description is based solely on meronts.

Eimeria hagenmuelleri (Leger, 1898) Levine & Becker, 1933
Synonym: Coccidium hagenmulleri Leger, 1898
Host: Stigmatogaster gracilis (Diplopoda)
References: Leger 1898; Levine & Becker 1933

Eimeria (?) hyalina (Leger, 1898) Reichenow, 1921
Synonym: Coccidium hyalinum Leger, 1898
Synonym: Goussia hyalina (Leger, 1898) Levine, 1983
Host: "Coleoptera"
References: Leger 1898; Levine 1983; Reichenow 1921

Eimeria lacazei (Labbe, 1895) Moroff, 1908
Synonym: Bananella lacazei Labbe, 1895
Synonym: Coccidium schneideri Schaudinn & Siedlecki, 1897
Synonym: Goussia lacazei (Labbe, 1895) Levine, 1985
Host: Lithobius forficatus, L. martini (Centipede)
References: Labbe 1895; 1896; Leger 1897, 1898; Levine 1983; Moroff 1908; Schaudinn & Siedlecki 1897; Schellack 1912; Schellack & Reichenow 1913

Eimeria mecistophori Narasimhamurti, 1976
Host: Mecistocephalus punctifrons (Centipede)
References: Narasimhamurti 1976

Eimeria (?) perichaetae (Beddard, 1888) Levine & Becker, 1933 nomen nudum
Synonym: Coccidium perichaetae Beddard, 1888
Host: Perichaeta armata, P. novozelaniae (Annelida)
References: Beddard 1888; Levine & Becker 1933
*NOTE: The description is based on unsporulated, polysporic oocysts and is not an eimerian.

Eimeria pfeifferi Labbe, 1896
Homonym: Eimeria pfeifferi, synonym of Eimeria labbeana
Host: Geophilus ferruginosus (Centipede)
References: Labbe 1896; Pfeiffer 1891; Pinto 1928
*NOTE: The line drawings suggest this to be an adelinid.

Eimeria schaudinniana (Schaudinn, 1900) Pinto, 1928
Synonym: Coccidium schubergi Schaudinn, 1900
Synonym: Eimeria schubergi (Schaudinn, 1900) Wasielewski, 1904
Synonym: Goussia schaudinniana (Pinto, 1928) Levine, 1983
non Pfeifferia schubergi Labbe, 1896
non Pfeifferella schubergi (Labbe, 1896) Labbe, 1899
Host: Lithobius forficatus (Centipede)
References: Eimer 1870; Labbe 1896, 1899; Levine 1983; Pinto 1928; Schaudinn 1900; Schellack 1912, 1913; Schellack & Reichenow 1910, 1913; von Wasielewski 1904

Eimeria simondi (Leger, 1898) Levine & Becker, 1933
Synonym: Coccidium simondi Leger, 1898
Host: Himantarium gabrielis, Lithobius castaneus, L. pilicornis (Centipedes)
References: Leger 1898; Levine & Becker 1933

Eimeria (?) sp. Reger & Florendo, 1970
Host: Cypridopsis (Ostracod)
References: Reger & Florendo 1970
*NOTE: The description is based solely on microgametes and is clearly not an eimerian.

Eimeria (?) sp. (Ross, 1898) Pellerdy, 1974 nomen nudum
Synonym: Coccidium sp Ross, 1898
Host: Culex sp. (Diptera)
References: Pellerdy 1974; Ross 1898; 1906
*NOTE: No description was provided and it is unlikely that this is an eimerian.

Isospora rara Schneider, 1881 Synonym: Isospora incerta Schneider, 1881
Host: Limax cinereoniger, L. griseus (Gastropoda)
References: Schneider 1881

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References

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Benito, J. 1977. Eimeria (?) beauchampi L. y D., parasito del tubo difestivo de Glossobalanus minutus. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion Biologica 75: 267-273.

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Fernandez, I., Benito, J., and Pardos, F. 1988. Ultrastructure of the oocyst wall formation in Eimeria (?) beauchampi Leger and Duboscq, 1917 a coccidian parasite of Glossobalanus minutus (Kow.) (Enteropneusta, Hemichordata). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 63: 253-262.

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