Lankesterella poeppigii n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Lankesterellidae) from Bufo poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845) from Peru

Authors

  • Ilan Paperna Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
  • Patrick Bastien Université Montpellier 1, CNRS UMR 2724, Laboratoire de Parasitologie - Mycologie, 163 rue Auguste Broussonet, 34090 Montpellier, France.
  • Jean-Marc Chavatte Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles Expérimentaux (USM 307), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, CP52, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
  • Irène Landau 4 Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles Expérimentaux (USM 307), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, CP52, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. Tel.: +33140793500 ; Fax: +33140793499.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v16i2.200

Keywords:

Lankesterella poeppigii n. sp., Bufo poeppigii, shizonts, oocysts, sporozoites.

Abstract

Lankesterella poeppigii n. sp. is described from Bufo poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845) from Peru. Merogony and oogony occur in the capillary endothelium and the macrophages in the liver, spleen and kidneys. Meronts are oval, 25,2–29,4 x 15,7–16,8 μm in size and yield 35–46 merozoites. Oocysts are 26,3–29,4 x 15,1–17,6 μm in size; sporozoites 9,2-9,8 x 4,2–5,0 μm in size, assemble in macrophages. Released 8,7–9,8 x 2,8–3,1 μm sporozoites enter erythrocytes. L. poeppigii is compared with Lankesterella petiti Lainson & Paperna, 1995 infecting Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Brazil. The above mentioned specific characters, added to differences in hosts and geographical location warrant the description of Lankesterella poeppigii from B. poeppigii as a new species.

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Published

12/31/2009

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2009)

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Paperna, Ilan, Patrick Bastien, Jean-Marc Chavatte, and Irène Landau. 2009. “Lankesterella Poeppigii N. Sp. (Apicomplexa, Lankesterellidae) from Bufo Poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845) from Peru”. Revista Peruana De Biología 16 (2): 165-68. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v16i2.200.