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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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Eimeria couesii Kruidenier, Levine, and Ivens, 1960
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References
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edit- Barnard, W.P., Ernst, J.V. and Stevens, R.O. 1971. Eimeria palustris sp. n. and Isospora hammondi sp. n. (Coccidia: Eimeriidae) from the marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris (Harlan) (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 57(6):1293–1296.
- Barnard, W.P., Ernst, J.V. and Dixon, C.F. 1974. Coccidia of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from Alabama (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 60(3):406–414.
- Kruidenier, F.J., Levine, N.D. and Ivens, V. 1960. Eimeria (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) from the rice rat and pygmy mouse in Mexico. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Sciences 52:100–101.