Stieda body
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The Stieda body is an organelle located at the polar region of the sporocyst of some coccidia visible with electron microscopy.[1] It appears as a knob like structure and is a plug occluding a hole in the sporocyst. The breakdown of this body allows excystation of the sporozoites.
References
- ^ McAllister, Chris T.; Seville, R. Scott; Connior, Matthew B. (1 September 2015). "A new species of Isospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from eastern coachwhip, Coluber flagellum flagellum (Reptilia: Ophidia) from Oklahoma". Acta Parasitol. 60 (3): 466–470. doi:10.1515/ap-2015-0065.
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