Exoschizon
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| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| (unranked): | Alveolata
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| Genus: | Exoschizon
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Exoschizon is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa.
History[]
This genus was created by Levine in 1971.[1]
Taxonomy[]
There is one genus currently recognised in this family - Exoschizon. This genus has only one species - - which was described by Hukui in 1939.[2]
Description[]
This species was found in the intestine of a sipunculid worm () in Japan.
The meronts measure 90 µm × 15 µm. There are ~13 longitudinal striations per side.
The meronts and gamonts are similarly shaped.
Transmission is presumably by the orofaecal route.
References[]
- ^ Levine ND (1971) Taxonomy of the Archigregarinorida and Selenidiidae (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) J Euk Microbiol 18 (4) 704–717 doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1971.tb03401.x
- ^ Hukui (1939) J Fac Sci Hiroshima Univ 7: 17
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