Eimeriorina

Eimeriorina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Families and genera
	Aggregatidae Aggregata; Grasseella; Merocystis; Ovivora; Pseudoklossia; Selysina; ; Atoxoplasmatidae Atoxoplasma; ; Barrouxiidae Barrouxia; Crystallospora; Goussia; ; Calyptosporiidae Calyptospora; ; Caryotrophidae Caryotropha; Dorisiella; ; Cryptosporidiidae Cryptosporidium; ; Eimeriidae Alveocystis; Caryospora; Choleoeimeria; Cyclospora; Diaspora; Dorisa; Eimeria; Epieimeria; Gousseffia; Isospora; Margolisiella; Mantonella; Octosporella; Pfeifferinella; Polysporella; Sivatoshella; Skrjabinella; Tyzzeria; Wenyonella; ; Elleipsisomatidae Elleipsisoma; ; Lankesterellidae Lainsonia; Lankesterella; Schellackia; ; Sarcocystidae Sarcocystinae Cystoisospora; Frenkelia; Sarcocystis; ; Toxoplasmatinae Besnoitia; Hammondia; Heydornia; Hyaloklossia; Neospora; Nephroisospora; Toxoplasma; ; ; Selenococcidiidae Selenococcidium; ; Spirocystidae Spirocystis; ; Unclassified Hoarella; Pythonella; ;

Eimeriorina is a suborder of phylum Apicomplexa.^[1]^[2]

All species in this clade are homoxenous or facultatively homoxenous. Merogony, gamogony and oocyst formation all occur within the same host. The hosts may be vertebrates or invertebrates.

Erroneous identifications of species is a major problem in coccidian systematics and it is likely that some of the genera and species will be revised.

Taxonomy edit

There are 12 families, 2 subfamilies and 50 genera recognised in this suborder.

The genus Eimeria with ~1500 species is the largest genus in this suborder.

Notes edit

One genus is entirely entomoxenous (parasitic on insects) — Barrouxia.

The taxonomic status of Atoxoplasma remains unclear.

References edit

^ "Eimeriorina". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 423054.
^ Jirků M, Jirků M, Oborník M, Lukes J, Modrý D (2009). "A model for taxonomic work on homoxenous coccidia: redescription, host specificity, and molecular phylogeny of Eimeria ranae Dobell, 1909, with a review of anuran-host Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina)". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 56 (1): 39–51. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00362.x. PMID 19335773.

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[1] "Eimeriorina". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 423054.

[pmid19335773-2] Jirků M, Jirků M, Oborník M, Lukes J, Modrý D (2009). "A model for taxonomic work on homoxenous coccidia: redescription, host specificity, and molecular phylogeny of Eimeria ranae Dobell, 1909, with a review of anuran-host Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina)". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 56 (1): 39–51. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00362.x. PMID 19335773.

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