The coccidia of Pelecaniformes
(anhingas, boobies, cormorants, frigatebirds, pelicans, tropicbirds)

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski and Lee Couch
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
and
Steve J. Upton
Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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Updated: 08 August 2003
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu


  1. Eimeria auritusi Yabsley, Gottdenker, and Fisher, 2002
    1. Host: Phalocrocorax auritus (Double-crested cormorant - Phalacrocoracidae)
    2. Reference: Yabsley et al. 2002

  2. Eimeria pelecani Courtney and Ernst, 1975
    1. Host: Pelecanus occidentalis (Brown pelican - Pelecanidae)
    2. Reference: Courtney and Ernst 1975

  3. Eimeria sp. (Labbe, 1893)
    1. Synonym: Coccidium roscoviense Labbe, 1893, pro parte
    2. Synonym: Eimeria roscoviense (Labbe, 1893) von Wasielewski, 1904, pro parte
    3. Host: Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Common cormorant - Phalacrocoracidae)
    4. References: Labbe 1893, 1986, 1899; von Wasielewski 1904

  4. Eimeria urnula Hoare, 1933
    1. Host: Phalacrocorax carbo (Great cormorant - Phalacrocoracidae)
    2. Reference: Hoare 1933

  5. Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullini-Batyrshina and Svanbaev, 1972
    1. Host: Phalacrocorax carbo (Great cormorant - Phalacrocoracidae)
    2. Reference: Rakhmatullini-Batyrshina and Svanbaev 1972

References

Courtney, C.H., and Ernst, J.V. 1975. Eimeria pelecani sp. n. from the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis, from Florida. Journal of Parasitology 61: 1081-1082.

Hoare, C.A. 1933. Studies on some new ophidian and avian coccidia from Uganda, with a revision of the classification of the Eimeriidea. Parasitology 24: 359-388.

Labbe, A. 1893 Sur les coccidies des Oiseaux. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 117: 407-409.

Labbe, A. 1896. Recherches zoologiques, cytologiques et biologiques sur les coccidies. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, series 3, 4: 517-654.

Labbe, A. 1899. Sporozoa. In, Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, volume 5, Protozoa. Butschli, O., ed. Verlag von R. Friedlander and Sohn, Berlin. Pp. 1-180.

Rakhmatullini-Batyrshina, N.K., and Svanbaev, S.K. 1972. Infections of wild birds with coccidia. Trudy Instituta Zoology Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR 33: 5-14.

von Wasielewski, T. 1904.Studien und Mikrophotogramme zue Kenntnis der Pathogenen Protozoen. Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig. 118 pp.

Yabsley, M.J., Gottdenker, N.L., and Fischer, J.R. 2002. Description of a new Eimeria sp. and associated lesions in the kidneys of double-crested cormorants (Phalocrocorax auritus). Journal of Parasitology 88: 1230-1233.