| a new eimerian (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from southern short-tailed shrews, blarina carolinensis (bachman) (soricimorpha: soricidae: soricinae) from southeastern oklahoma, usa. | a new species of eimeria schneider, 1875 (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) is described from faecal samples of two of three southern short-tailed shrews, blarina carolinensis (bachman) (soricidae) from southeastern oklahoma, usa. oöcysts of eimeria tkachi n. sp. are subspheroidal to ovoidal with a rough-pitted, tan colored, bi-layered wall, measure 16.5 × 15.2 µm, and have a length/width (l/w) ratio of 1.1; both micropyle and oöcyst residuum are absent, but polar granule(s) are present. sporocysts are o ... | 2017 | 28534208 |