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Table 2 Sarcocystis spp. in the Anseriformes birds

From: Description of Sarcocystis platyrhynchosi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) from domestic ducks Anas platyrhynchos (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in China

Sarcocystis species

Intermediate host

Definitive host

Sarcocysts

Location

References

Light microscopy study

Transmission electron microscopy study

S. rileyi Stiles 1893

Shoveler duck Anas clypeata, mallard duck Anas platyrhynchos, Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope, common teal Anas crecca and common eider Somateria mollissima

Skunk Mephitis mephitis), red fox Vulpes vulpes and raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides

Macroscopic, up to 12 mm. Thick cyst wall (3–5 μm) without visible vps

Branched vps, type 23

Noth and South America and Europe

[2, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]

S. wobeseri Kutkiené, Prakas, Sruoga, and Butkauskas 2010

Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis, mallard duck, herring gull Larus argenticus

Unknown

Microscopic, up to 6 mm long. Smooth, thin cyst wall (< 1 μm)

Conical vps, type 1d

Lithuania

[3, 18,19,20]

S. anasi Kutkiené, Prakas, Sruoga, and Butkauskas 2012

Mallard duck

Unknown

Microscopic, up to 5 mm long. Striated wall, vps up to 1.5 μm long

Palisade-like vps, type 9a

Lithuania

[4, 18]

S. albifronsi Prakas, Sruoga, and Butkauskas 2012

White-fronted goose Anser albifons

Arctic fox Alopex legopus

Microscopic, up to 4 mm long. Striated cyst wall, vps up to 2.4 μm long

Teat-or finger-like vps, type 9a

Lithuania

[4, 21]

Sarcocystis sp.1 Wober, Leighton, and Leighton 1981

Lesser snow goose Anser caerulescens

Unknown

Microscopic, up to 3.37 mm long. Thick cyst wall, radial spines-like vps, 1.5–2.0 μm long

Palisade-like vps, type 9a

Canada

[22]

Sarcocystis sp.2 Wober, Leighton, and Leighton 1981

Lesser snow goose

Unknown

Microscopic, 53.8 μm wide. Smooth, thin cyst wall, 0.5 μm thick

Invagination on the cyst wall, type 1d

Canada

[22]

S. platyrhynchosi n. sp.

Mallard duck

Unknown

Microscopic, up to 1649 μm long. Thick cyst wall, brush-like vps, up to 4.3 μm long

Lanceolated vps, bundled microtubules extended into ground substance

China

This study

  1. vps villar protrusions