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- Title
First Report of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) in Caecilians, with Description of a New Species.
- Authors
Harris, D. James; Damas-Moreira, Isabel; Maia, João P. M. C.; Perera, Ana
- Abstract
Hepatozoon spp. are identified for the first time in the amphibian order Gymnophiona, or caecilians, from the Seychelles island of Silhouette. Estimate of relationships derived from partial 18S rRNA gene sequences indicate these are not related to Hepatozoon spp. from frogs or to other Hepatozoon spp. from reptiles in the Seychelles. Assessment of mature gamonts from blood smears indicate that these can be recognized as a new species, Hepatozoon seychellensis n. sp.
- Subjects
APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; CAECILIANS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; PHYLOGENY
- Publication
Journal of Parasitology, 2014, Vol 100, Issue 1, p117
- ISSN
0022-3395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1645/13-203.1