NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS EIMERIA (APICOMPLEXA, COCCIDIA) FROM MARINE FISH

New coccidian species are described from marine fish collected on the French Mediterranean coast near Banyuls-sur-Mer and on the coast of Newfoundland [Canada]. All have sporocysts with well-developed Stieda bodies and are placed into the genus Eimeria: E. catalana sp. nov. from the intestine of Crenilabrus mediterraneus, E. hexagona sp. nov. from the digestive tract of Onos tricirratus, E. ivanae sp. nov. from the pyloric ceca of Serranus cabrilla, E. jiroveci sp. nov. from the intestine of Raja clavata, E. lairdi sp. nov. from the pyloric ceca of Myoxocephalus scorpius, E. maggieae sp. nov. from the intestine of Pagellus erythrinus, E. nucleocola sp. nov. from the pyloric ceca of Myoxocephalus scorpius, and E. roussillona sp. nov. from the intestine of Labrus turdus. Their taxonomic affinities and histopathologic action are discussed.