Eimeria couesii
Eimeria couesii is an apicomplexan parasite of the genus Eimeria that infects the intestine of the rice rat Oryzomys couesi in Mexico. It has an oocyst residuum and Stieda bodies, structures that are absent in some other Eimeria.
Literature cited
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