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A New Species of Coccidium (Eimeria rissae n.sp. Eimeriidae, Sporozoa) from the Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla tridactyla (L.)

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Eimeria rissae n.sp. was obtained from the small intestine of a kittiwake which had been sent to us as a representative of a number of sick and dying kittiwakes from the coast of Wales.

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SOULSBY, E., JENNINGS, A. A New Species of Coccidium (Eimeria rissae n.sp. Eimeriidae, Sporozoa) from the Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla tridactyla (L.). Nature 180, 1057–1058 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801057a0

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