Sarcocystis accipitris | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
Family: | Sarcocystidae |
Genus: | Sarcocystis |
Species: | S. accipitris
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Binomial name | |
Sarcocystis accipitris Cern & Kvasnovsk, 1986
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Sarcocystis accipitris is a species of parasites of the genus Sarcocystis.
Description
[edit]This species was described by Cern and Kvasnovsk in 1986.[1]
The sarcocysts measure 15 to 17 by 13 to 15 micrometres in diameter.
Clinical features and host pathology
[edit]The only known hosts of this species are the Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) - the definitive host - and the canary (Serinus canaria) - the intermediate host.
References
[edit]- ^ Cern Z & Kvasnovsk Z. (1986) Life cycle involving bird-bird relation in sarcocystis coccidia with the description of Sarcocystis accipitris sp.n. Folia parasitologica 33, 305-309