Melanosuchus niger Spix, 1825

Viana, Lúcio André, Motta, Adarene Guimarães da Silva, Coutinho, Marcos Eduardo & Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte, 2013, Eimeria spp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in Black Caiman Melanosuchus niger (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae) from the Amazon Region, Brazil, with a Description of Two New Coccidian Species, Acta Protozoologica 52 (4), pp. 283-289 : 288

Type-host: Melanosuchus niger Spix, 1825 ( Crocodylia, Alligatoridae ).

Type-locality: Extractive Reserve Lake Cuniã (08°19′05.0″S and 63°29′48.9″W), located within Porto Velho County in the Rondonia state of Brazil. Site of infection: Not investigated .

Sporulation: Unknown. Oocyst suspensions were kept in vials of 2.5% K 2 Cr 2 O 7 solution for two weeks prior to discovery.

Prevalence: 4/23 (17%).

Etymology: The name combines the name of the county from which the infected animals were taken and “–ensis” (belonging to).

Type-specimens: One-half of the oocysts were kept in 10% aqueous buffered formalin (v/v) and the other half in 70% ethanol, according to Duszynski and Gardner (1991). Both samples were deposited in the Parasite Collection at the Department of Animal Parasitology , Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, which is located in the municipality of Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Phototypes and line drawings were deposited as well under the repository number P-44/2012 .