| a new eimerian (apicomplexa: eimeriidae), from ornate box turtle, terrapene ornata (agassiz) (testudines: emydidae) from northwest arkansas, usa. | a new species of eimeria schneider, 1875 (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) collected from an ornate box turtle, terrapene ornata (agassiz) from arkansas, usa, is described. oöcysts of eimeria doddi n. sp. are ovoidal to ellipsoidal with a smooth, light to darker brown, bi-layered wall, measure 21.1 × 14.0 µm, and have a length/width (l/w) ratio of 1.5; both micropyle and oöcyst residuum are absent, but a polar granule is present. sporocysts are ellipsoidal, 9.9 × 6.1 µm, l/w 1.6; the stieda body is pres ... | 2017 | 28130676 |