Table 1 in Morphological and Molecular Identification of Isospora sepetibensis (Chromista: Miozoa: Eimeriidae) from a New Host, Trichothraupis melanops (Passeriformes: Thraupidae: Tachyphoninae) in South America

Table 1. Comparative morphology of Isospora sepetibensis recorded from different thraupid hosts and localities in southeastern Brazil.
HostsLocalitiesReference (s)OocystsSporocystsShapeMeasure- ments (µm)L / W ratioWall (µm)Polar granuleShapeMeasure- ments (µm)L / W ratioStieda bodySub-Stieda bodyResiduumRamphocelus bresilius (Lin - naeus, 1766)Marambaia Island, Coast of the State of Rio de JaneiroBerto et al. (2008)sub-spher- ical to ellipsoidal24 – 29 22 – 26 (25.5 × 23.8)1.0 – 1.2 (1.1)1.3 –1.4 (1.4)1 or 2ellipsoidal16 – 18 × 10 –12 (16.9 × 11.0)–knob-likeprominentgranular, dislocated laterallyDacnis cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)Marambaia Island, Coast of the State of Rio de JaneiroBerto et al. (2011 b)sub-spheri- cal to ovoidal22 – 27 × 20 – 23 (24.8 × 21.7)1.0 – 1.3 (1.14)1.31 or 2ellipsoidal16 – 18 × 10 –12 (17.4 × 10.9)1.5 – 1.7 (1.59)knob-like or bubble- shaped, 1.5 × 2.0prominent, 2.0 × 4.0granular, scattered or forming a massTrichothraupis melanops (Vieillot, 1818)Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, in- terior of the State of Rio de Janeirocurrent worksub- spherical to elongate ovoidal22 – 29 × 19 – 22 (25.9 20.7)1.1 – 1.4 (1.26)1.1 – 2.0 (1.3)1 or 2ellipsoidal15 –18 × 9 – 11 (16.8 × 10.3)1.5 – 1.8 (1.65)knob-like, 1.1 – 1.3 (1.2) × 2.0 – 2.2 (2.1)large to trapezoidal, or irregular, 1.2– 2.3 (1.7) × 2.7 – 3.5 (3.1)granular, diffuse or membrane- bounded, 5.5 – 6.7 (6.1)