Biomaterial Database

Eimeria hemprichii n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lizard, Scincus hemprichii (Sauria: Scincidae) in Saudi Arabia. 2005

Mohamed Saleh Alyousif, and Yaser Al-Shawa

Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Eimeria hemprichii n. sp. was described from the gall bladder of the lizard, Scincus hemprichii captured at Gazan Province, western region, Saudi Arabia. Sporulated oocysts are ellipsoidal, 34.6x21.4 (32.5-36.3x20.7-22.5) microm. with smooth greenish-yellow bi-layered wall. Micropyle, polar granule and oocyst residuum are absent. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal, 11.6x8.0 (11.2-12.6 x7.5-8.4) microm. Sporosyst residuum is present, but without stieda or substiedal bodies. Sporozoites are elongate, laying head to tail in sporocyst and each one contains a single spherical posterior re-fracttile body.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008116	Lizards	Reptiles within the order Squamata that generally possess limbs, moveable EYELIDS, and EXTERNAL EAR openings, although there are some species which lack one or more of these structures.	Chameleons,Geckos,Chameleon,Gecko,Lizard
D010270	Parasite Egg Count	Determination of parasite eggs in feces.	Count, Parasite Egg,Counts, Parasite Egg,Egg Count, Parasite,Egg Counts, Parasite,Parasite Egg Counts
D003048	Coccidiosis	Protozoan infection found in animals and man. It is caused by several different genera of COCCIDIA.	Besnoitiasis,Besnoitiosis,Besnoitiases,Besnoitioses,Coccidioses
D004539	Eimeria	A genus of protozoan parasites of the subclass COCCIDIA. Various species are parasitic in the epithelial cells of the liver and intestines of man and other animals.	Eimerias
D005704	Gallbladder	A storage reservoir for BILE secretion. Gallbladder allows the delivery of bile acids at a high concentration and in a controlled manner, via the CYSTIC DUCT to the DUODENUM, for degradation of dietary lipid.	Gallbladders
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012529	Saudi Arabia	A country located in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. The capital is Riyadh.	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
D033661	Oocysts	Zygote-containing cysts of sporozoan protozoa. Further development in an oocyst produces small individual infective organisms called SPOROZOITES. Then, depending on the genus, the entire oocyst is called a sporocyst or the oocyst contains multiple sporocysts encapsulating the sporozoites.	Sporocysts,Oocyst,Sporocyst