RT Journal Article
T1 Phylogeny of the reptilian Eimeria, are Choleoeimeria and Acroeimeria valid generic names
A1 Megia Palma, Rodrigo Manuel
A1 Martínez, Javier
A1 Acevedo, Iván
A1 Martín, José
A1 García Roa, Roberto
A1 Ortega, Jesús
A1 Peso Fernández, Marcos
A1 Albadalejo, Gonzalo
A1 Cooper, Robert D.
A1 Paranjpe, Dhanashree A.
A1 Sinervo, Barry R.
A1 Merino, Santiago
AB Reptiles are the animals with the most described coccidian species among all vertebrates. However, the co-evolutionary relationships in this host–parasite system have been scarcely studied. Paperna & Landsberg (South African Journal of Zoology, 24, 1989, 345) proposed the independent evolutionary origin of the Eimeria-like species isolated from reptiles based on morphological and developmental characteristics of their oocysts. Accordingly, they suggested the reclassification of these parasites in two new genera, Choleoeimeria and Acroeimeria. The validity of the genera proposed to classify reptilian Eimeria species remained unresolved due to the lack of species genetically characterized. In this study, we included 18S rRNA gene sequences from seven Eimeria-like species isolated from five different lizard host families. The phylogenetic analyses confirmed the independent evolutionary origin of the Eimeria-like species infecting lizards. Within this group, most species were placed into two monophyletic clades. One of them included the species with ellipsoidal oocysts (i.e. Choleoeimeria-like oocysts), whereas the species with more spheroidal oocysts (i.e. Acroeimeria-like oocysts) were included in the second one. This result supports the taxonomic validity of the genera Acroeimeria and Choleoeimeria.
PB John Wiley & Sons
SN 0300-3256
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112881
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112881
LA eng
NO Megía-Palma, R., Martínez, J., Acevedo, I., Martín, J., García-Roa, R., Ortega, J., Peso-Fernández, M., Albaladejo, G., Cooper, R. D., Paranjpe, D. A., Sinervo, B. R., & Merino, S. (2015). Phylogeny of the reptilian Eimeria: Are Choleoeimeria and Acroeimeria valid generic names? Zoologica Scripta, 44(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/ZSC.12126
NO Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales (España)
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025