Agamococcidiorida is an order within the subclass Coccidia of the phylum Apicomplexia.[1] All members of this order are parasitic protozoa.
Agamococcidiorida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Subclass: | Coccidia |
Order: | Agamococcidiorida |
Families and genera | |
They are found in marine annelids.
Taxonomy edit
Two families are recognised in this order.
Life cycle edit
Both merogony and gametogony are absent in this order.
The oocysts contain sporocysts with two sporozoites each.
References edit
- ^ Levine ND (1979). "Agamococcidiorida ord. n. and Rhytidocystidae fam. n. for the coccidian genus Rhytidocystis Henneguy, 1907". J Protozool. 26 (2): 167–8. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1979.tb02756.x.