Agamococcidiorida
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| Agamococcidiorida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Subclass: | Coccidia |
| Order: | Agamococcidiorida |
| Families and genera | |
Agamococcidiorida is an order within the subclass Coccidia of the phylum Apicomplexia.[1] All members of this order are parasitic protozoa.
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.
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