Galapagos Species Database
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Isospora geospizae
Coccodiosis
endoparasite
Known from Geospiza fuliginosa, Geospiza fortis, and Camarhynchus parvulus.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Apicomplexa
Class
Conoidasida
Order
Eucoccidiorida
Suborder
Eimeriorina
Family
Eimeriidae
Genus
Isospora
Species
geospizae
Taxon category: Accepted
- Dudaniec, R.Y. Hallas, G. & Kleindorfer, S. (2005) Blood and intestinal parasitism in Darwin's finches: negative and positive findings. Acta Zoologica Sinica 51(3): 507-512.
- McQuistion, T.E. Wilson, M. (1989) Isospora geospizae, a new coccidian parasite (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) and the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) from the Galapagos Islands. Systematic Parasitology 14(2): 141-144.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Isospora geospizae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10331. Accessed 1 November 2026.