Eimeria couesii is an apicomplexan parasite of the genus Eimeria that infects the intestine of the rice rat Oryzomys couesi in Mexico.[1] It has an oocyst residuum and Stieda bodies, structures that are absent in some other Eimeria.[2]

Eimeria couesii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Eimeriidae
Genus: Eimeria
Species:
E. couesii
Binomial name
Eimeria couesii
Kruidenier, Levine, and Ivens, 1960

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  1. ^ Kruidenier et al., 1960; Barnard et al., 1971, p. 1294
  2. ^ Barnard et al., 1974, p. 410

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