Table 1 in A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with notes on its endogenous development in the montane grass mouse, Akodon montensis Thomas, 1913 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)

Table 1 Comparative morphology of Eimeria akodonensis n. sp. and other Eimeria species recorded from rodents from Brazil and Venezuela. The metrical data are given in micrometers as the mean followed by the range in parentheses. When no data were provided, or the data are inadequate for comparisons, the variable is shown as NR = Not Reported
HostSpeciesReference,Oocyst shapeOocyst sizeOocyst wallOocyst shapePolarSporocyst sizeStieda bodycountryL × WthicknessindexgranuleL × W/sub-StiedabodyAkodon montensisEimeriaPresent study,Ellipsoidal to25.3 × 20.2Bi-layered 1.51.3 (1.2–1.4)Present11.8 × 7.9Present /absentakodonensis n. Brazilsubspherical(21.0–28.0 × 17.0–22.0)(1.3–1.6)(9.3–14.4 × 6.7–9.3)sp.Euryoryzomys sp.E. oryzomysiCarini (1937),Ellipsoidal toNR (22–25 × 17–19)Bi-layered NR1.25Absent11 × 8 NRPresent /absentBrazilsubsphericalNephelomysE. ojastiiArcay-de-PerazaEllipsoidal17.4 × 13.2 NRBi-layered NRNRNR7.5 × 5.9 NRAbsent/absentalbigularis(1964),VenezuelaNecromys urichiE. akodoniArcay-de-PerazaFusiform to ellipsoidal 27 × 18 NRTri-layered (1.5)NRPresent14 × 7 NRPresent /absent(1981),VenezuelaNecromys lasiurusE. zygodontomyis Lainson andEllipsoidal to16.5 × 12 (13.7–18.7 ×Uni-layered (0.6)1.4 (1.2–1.5)Present8.4 × 5.5Present /absentShaw (1990),cylindrical11.2–12.5)(7.4–8.7 × 5.0–6.2)Brazil