Rhytidocystis
Rhytidocystis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Subclass: | Coccidia |
Order: | Agamococcidiorida |
Family: | Rhytidocystidae Levine, 1979 |
Genus: | Rhytidocystis Henneguy, 1907 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Rhytidocystis is a genus of apicomplexans.[1] It is the only genus within the monotypic family Rhytidocystidae.[2] The species of this genus are parasitic protozoa found in marine annelids.
Taxonomy[]
There are four species known in this genus:
- Rueckert & Leander 2009
- Henneguy 1907
- Porchet-Henneré 1972
References[]
- ^ Leander BS, Ramey PA (2006). "Cellular identity of a novel small subunit rDNA sequence clade of apicomplexans: description of the marine parasite Rhytidocystis polygordiae n. sp. (host: Polygordius sp., Polychaeta)". . 53 (4): 280–291. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00109.x. PMID 16872296.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Apicomplexa families
- Apicomplexa genera
- Apicomplexa stubs