NEW SPECIES OF EIMERIA (APICOMPLEXA) FROM CAPTIVE WOOD TURTLES, CLEMMYS-INSCULPTA (TESTUDINES, EMYDIDAE), FROM THE DALLAS-ZOO

A new species of coccidian (Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae) is described from the faeces of captive wood turtles, Clemmys insculpta, housed at the Dallas Zoo, USA. Oocysts of Eimeria lecontei sp. n. were found in 4 ad ult turtles and are ellipsoidal, 28.3 x 15.8 (25.6-32.0 x 13.6-17.6) m u m, with a thin, delicate wall; shape index (length/width) 1.79 (1.52 -2.06). A micropyle was absent but an oocyst residuum and polar granul e were present. Sporocysts were elongate, 19.7 x 5.6 (17.6-23.2 x 5.0- 6.4) mu m, and possessed a Stieda body; shape index 3.59 (2.97-4.15). Each sporozoite had spherical anterior and spherical to ellipsoidal po sterior refractile bodies.