The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Marsupials of the World

The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Marsupials of the World contains the most up-to-date information on the former order marsupial that is now partitioned by mammalogists into seven separate orders that contain 20 families, 86 genera, and 318 species that live on land or in trees in Oceania and the Americas. Marsupials, like other vertebrate animals have many different kinds of parasites (e.g. viruses, protozoa, worms, arthropods, etc.), but there is no definitive text that covers any one of these groups found in all marsupials. Coccidiosis is a serious global problem in most domesticated animals, and under increasing circumstances of loss of habitat and crowding, may also affect some wild animal populations, thus, there is a real need for their identification and control.

    Dedication
    Preface and Acknowledgments
    Chapter 1. Introduction
    Chapter 2. Review: Marsupials and Marsupial Evolution
        What Are Marsupials?
        Marsupial Evolution
        Creating Zoonoses
    Chapter 3. Order Didelphimorphia—Eimeriidae
        Order Didelphimorphia Gill, 1872
        Species Descriptions
        Eimeria caluromydis Lainson and Shaw, 1989
        Eimeria haberfeldi Carini, 1937
        Genus Didelphis L., 1758 (6 species)
        Eimeria didelphidis Carini, 1936 emend. Pellérdy, 1974
        Eimeria gambai Carini, 1938
        Eimeria indianensis Joseph, 1974
        Eimeria marmosopos Heckscher, Wickesberg, Duszynski, and Gardner, 1999
        Isospora arctopitheci (Rodhain, 1933)
        Genus Marmosops Matschie, 1916 (14 species)
        Eimeria marmosopos Heckscher, Wickesberg, Duszynski, and Gardner, 1999
        Genus Micoureus Lesson, 1842 (6 species)
        Genus Monodelphis Burnett, 1830 (18 species)
        Genus Philander Brisson, 1762 (4 species)
        Genus Thylamys Gray, 1843 (10 species)
        Discussion and Summary
    Chapter 4. Order Diprotodontia—Eimeriidae
        Order Diprotodontia Owen, 1866
        Species Descriptions
        Eimeria ursini Supperer, 1957
        Eimeria wombati (Gilruth and Bull, 1912) Barker, Munday, and Presidente, 1979
        Genus Vombatus É. Geoffroy, 1803 (monotypic)
        Suborder Phalangeriformes Szalay, 1982 (6 families, 20 genera, 63 species)
        Eimeria trichosuri O’Callaghan and O’Donoghue, 2001
        Superfamily Petauroidea Bonaparte, 1838
        Genus Petaurus Shaw, 1791 (6 species)
        Suborder Macropodiformes Ameghino, 1889 (3 families, 16 genera, 76 species)
        Eimeria hypsiprymnodontis Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988a
        Eimeria kairiensis Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988a
        Eimeria spearei Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988a
        Eimeria spratti Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988a
        Eimeria tinarooensis Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988a
        Family Potoroidae Gray, 1821 (4 genera, 10 species)
        Eimeria aepyprymni Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988a
        Genus Bettongia Gray, 1837 (4 species)
        Genus Potorous Desmarest, 1804 (4 species)
        Eimeria potoroi Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988a
        Family Macropodidae Gray, 1821 (11 genera, 65 species)
        Eimeria dendrolagi Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988b
        Eimeria lumholtzi Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988b
        Genus Lagorchestes Gould, 1841 (4 species)
        Genus Macropus Shaw, 1790 (14 species)
        Eimeria flindersi Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1989
        Eimeria gungahlinensis Mykytowycz, 1964
        Eimeria hestermani Mykytowycz, 1964
        Eimeria macropodis Wenyon and Scott, 1925
        Eimeria marsupialium Yakimoff and Matschoulsky, 1936
        Eimeria mykytowyczi Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1989
        Eimeria parma Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1989
        Eimeria parryi Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1989
        Eimeria prionotemni Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1989
        Eimeria toganmaiensis Mykytowycz, 1964
        Eimeria wilcanniensis Mykytowycz, 1964
        Eimeria yathongensis Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1989
        Genus Petrogale Gray, 1837 (16 species)
        Eimeria godmani Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988c
        Eimeria inornata Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988c
        Eimeria occidentalis Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988c
        Eimeria petrogale Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, (1988c)
        Eimeria sharmani Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988c
        Eimeria xanthopus Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988c
        Genus Setonix Lesson, 1842 (monotypic)
        Eimeria setonicis Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988b
        Eimeria volckertzooni Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988b
        Genus Thylogale Gray, 1837 (7 species)
        Eimeria ringaroomaensis Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988b
        Eimeria thylogale Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988b
        Genus Wallabia Trouessart, 1905 (monotypic)
        Eimeria wallabiae Barker, O’Callaghan, and Beveridge, 1988b
        Discussion and Summary
    Chapter 5. Order Peramelemorphia—Eimeriidae
        Order Peramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889
        Species Descriptions
        Eimeria quenda Bennett and Hobbs, 2011
        Genus Perameles É. Geoffroy, 1804 (4 species)
        Discussion and Summary
        Marsupial Orders without Eimeriidae
    Chapter 6. Adeleidae in Marsupials
        Eucoccidiorida: Adeleidae Mesnil, 1903
        Species Descriptions
        Klossiella tejerai Scorza, Torrealba, and Dagert, 1957
        Genus Marmosa Gray, 1821 (9 species)
        Order Diprotodontia Owen, 1866
        Klossiella beveridgei Barker, Munday, and Hartley, 1985
        Genus Macropus Shaw, 1790 (14 species)
        Klossiella rufi Barker, Munday, and Hartley, 1985
        Klossiella rufogrisei Barker, Munday, and Hartley, 1985
        Genus Thylogale Gray, 1837 (7 species)
        Genus Wallabia Trouessart, 1905 (monotypic)
        Family Potoroidae Gray, 1821 (4 genera, 10 species)
        Klossiella bettongiae Barker, Munday, and Hartley, 1985
        Family Pseudocheiridae Winge, 1893 (6 genera, 17 species)
        Klossiella schoinobatis Barker, Munday, and Hartley, 1985
        Genus Pseudocheirus Ogilby, 1837 (monotypic)
        Order Peramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889
        Klossiella quimrensis Barker, Munday, and Harrigan, 1975
        Genus Perameles Geoffroy, 1804 (4 Species)
        Klossiella quimrensis Barker, Munday, and Harrigan, 1975
        Discussion and Summary
    Chapter 7. Sarcocystidae: Sarcocystinae (Sarcocystis) in Marsupials
        Eucoccidiorida: Eimeriorina: Sarcocystidae
        Sarcocystinae: Sarcocystis in Marsupials
        Species Descriptions
        Sarcocystis didelphidis Scorza, Torrealba, and Dagert, 1957
        Sarcocystis falcatula Stiles, 1893
        Sarcocystis garnhami Mandour, 1965
        Sarcocystis greineri Cheadle, 2001
        Sarcocystis inghami Elsheikha, Fitzgerald, Mansfield, and Saeed, 2003
        Sarcocystis lindsayi Dubey, Rosenthal and Speer, 2001g
        Sarcocystis neurona Dubey, Davis, Speer, Bowman, de Lahunta, Granstrom, Topper, Hamir, Cummings, and Suter, 1991a
        Sarcocystis speeri Dubey and Lindsay, 1999
        Genus Marmosa Gray, 1821 (9 species)
        Genus Philander Brisson, 1762 (4 species)
        Order Diprotodontia Owen, 1866
        Sarcocystis mucosa (Blanchard 1885a,b; Blanchard 1885a; Blanchard 1885b) Labbé, 1889
        Discussion and Summary
    Chapter 8. Sarcocystidae: Toxoplasmatinae (Besnoitia, Toxoplasma) in Marsupials
        Eucoccidiorida: Eimeriorina: Sarcocystidae
        Toxoplasmatinae: Besnoitia in Marsupials
        Species Description
        Besnoitia darlingi (Brumpt, 1913) Mandour, 1965
        Toxoplasmatinae: Toxoplasma in Marsupials
        Species Description
        Discussion and Summary
    Chapter 9. Cryptosporidiidae: Cryptosporidium in Marsupials
        Cryptosporidiidae: Cryptosporidium in Marsupials
        Species Descriptions
        Cryptosporidium parvum Tyzzer, 1912
        Order Diprotodontia Owen, 1866
        Cryptosporidium fayeri Ryan, Power, and Xiao, 2008
        Cryptosporidium hominis Morgan-Ryan, Fall, Ward, Hijjawi, Sulaiman, Fayer, Thompson, and Olson, 2002
        Cryptosporidium macropodum Power and Ryan, 2008
        Cryptosporidium xiaoi Fayer and Smith, 2009
        Genus Petrogale Gray, 1837 (16 species)
        Genus Wallabia Trouessart, 1905 (monotypic)
        Suborder Vombatiformes Burnett, 1830 (2 families, 3 genera, 4 species)
        Cryptosporidium fayeri Ryan, Power, and Xiao, 2008
        Order Peramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889
        Cryptosporidium muris (Tyzzer, 1907) Tyzzer, 1910
        Family Peramelidae Gray, 1825 (6 genera, 18 species)
        Cryptosporidium fayeri Ryan, Power, and Xiao, 2008
        Discussion and Summary
    Chapter 10. Species Inquirendae in Marsupials
        Introduction
        Species Inquirendae (68+)
        Besnoitia sp. of Stabler and Welch, 1961
        Coccidium sp. of Johnston, 1910a
        Coccidium sp. of Johnston, 1910b
        Cryptosporidium: Brushtail Possum Genotype I of Ryan and Power, 2012
        Cryptosporidium parvum/hominis-like of Ryan and Power, 2012
        Cryptosporidium sp.: Kangaroo Genotype I of Yang et al., 2011
        Cryptosporidium sp. of Barker et al., 1978
        Cryptosporidium sp. of Obendorf, unpub. observ. (In Ryan et al., 2008)
        Cryptosporidium sp. of O’Donoghue, 1985
        Cryptosporidium sp. of O’Donoghue, unpub. observ. (In Ryan et al., 2008)
        Cryptosporidium sp. of Phillips et al., unpub. observ. (In Ryan et al., 2008)
        Cryptosporidium sp. of Power et al., 2003
        Cryptosporidium sp. of Zanette et al., 2008
        Eimeria kogoni of Mykytowycz, 1964
        Eimeria rufusi of Prasad, 1960
        Eimeria sp. of Barker et al., 1963
        Eimeria sp. of Barker et al., 1988b
        Eimeria sp. of Barker et al., 1988c
        Eimeria sp. of Mackerras, 1958
        Eimeria sp. of Obendorf and Munday, 1990
        Eimeria sp. of O’Callaghan and Moore, 1986
        Eimeria sp. of O’Donoghue, 1997
        Eimeria sp. of O’Donoghue, 1997
        Eimeria sp. of O’Donoghue and Adlard, 2000
        Eimeria sp. of O’Donoghue and Adlard, 2000
        Eimeria sp. of Speare et al., 1984
        Eimeria sp. of Speare et al., 1984
        Eimeria sp. of Speare et al., 1989
        Eimeria sp. of Winter, 1959
        Eimeria spp. 1 and 2 of Bennett and Hobbs, 2011
        Eimeria spp. of Speare et al., 1984
        “Eimeriina” sp. of Yamada et al., 1981
        Isospora sp. of Ernst et al., 1969
        Isospora sp. of Joseph, 1974
        Isospora sp. of Lainson and Shaw, 1989
        Klossiella sp. of Barker et al., 1975
        Klossiella sp. of Mackerras, 1958
        Klossiella sp. of Speare et al., 1984
        Klossiella sp. of Speare et al., 1984
        “Sarcocystidae” sp. of Merino et al., 2008
        “Sarcocystidae” sp. of Merino et al., 2009
        “Sarcocystidae” sp. of Zhu et al., 2009
        Sarcocystis bettongiae Bourne, 1934
        Sarcocystis sp. of Carini, 1939
        Sarcocystis sp. of Dubey et al., 2001b
        Sarcocystis sp. of Duszynski and Box, 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. of Mackerras, 1958
        Sarcocystis sp. of Mackerras et al., 1953
        Sarcocystis sp. of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 1 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 2 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 3 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis spp.(?) 4 A and B of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. (spp.?) 5 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 6 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 7 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 8 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 9 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. 10 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp (spp.?) 11 of Munday et al., 1978
        Sarcocystis sp. of Seneviratna et al., 1975
        Sarcocystis sp. of Scholtyseck et al., 1982
        Sarcocystis sp. of Speare et al., 1989
        Sarcocystis sp. of Triffitt, 1927
        Toxoplasma sp. of Munday et al., 1978
        Toxoplasma spp. of O’Donoghue and Adlard, 2000
        Tyzzeria sp. of Barker et al., 1988c
        Discussion and Summary
    Chapter 11. Discussion, Summary, and Conclusions
        Adeliidae
        Cryptosporidiidae
        Eimeriidae
        Sarcocystidae
        Species Inquirendae
        Type Specimens
        The Value of Archiving Types
        Molecular Tools
        Revisionary Trends
        Future of Taxonomy of Apicomplexans
    References
    Glossary and Abbreviations
    Index