Isospora chafarinensis, Megía-Palma & Martínez & Nasri & Cuervo & Martín & Acevedo & Belliure & Ortega & García-Roa & Selmi & Merino, 2016

Megía-Palma, Rodrigo, Martínez, Javier, Nasri, Intissar, Cuervo, José Javier, Martín, José, Acevedo, Iván, Belliure, Josabel, Ortega, Jesús, García-Roa, Roberto, Selmi, Slaheddine & Merino, Santiago, 2016, Phylogenetic relationships of Isospora, Lankesterella, and Caryospora species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting lizards, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 16 (1), pp. 275-288 : 282

Isospora chafarinensis sp. nov.

Description: The sporulated oocysts (N = 62) were subspherical and had a measure of 21.5 (mean) ±2.2 (SD) (range = 10.8–24.9)× 20.1± 0.9 (17.6–22.0) μm; the index shape (length/width) was 1.07±0.10 (0.50–1.20). The micropyle, PG, and OR were absent. The sporocysts (N =62) were ellipsoid and had a measure of 11.6± 1.2 (9.3–14.9)×8.5± 0.6 (6.9–9.8)μm; the shape index was 1.3± 0.1 (1.0–1.8). The SR (N =35) appeared as a granular sphere among the SP and has a measure of 3.7± 0.5 (2.4–4.6) μm. A flattened SB and an irregularly rounded SSB were present. A bananashaped SP had two RBs at either end.

Sporulation: Probably exogenous. The time of sporulation was not recorded.

Type host: Chalcides parallelus Doumergue, 1901 .

Type locality: Rey Francisco Island , Chafarinas Archipelago ( Spain), and North Africa ( UTM 30 S 552523, 3893242) .

Prevalence: 6/13 (46.1 %) of examined skinks were infected.

Type material: Phototypes and DNA voucher were deposited at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC in Madrid, Spain, under the accession number MNCN / ADN: 65272. No lizards were euthanized, and therefore, a symbiotype was not deposited. The 18S rRNA sequence was deposited in GenBank (accession number: KU180244 ) .

Etymology: The specific name is a toponymic variable adjective related to the type locality.