Agamococcidiorida
| Agamococcidiorida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 Apicomplexa.[1] All members of this order are parasitic protozoa.
They are found in marine annelids.
Taxonomy
Agamococcidiorida includes two families: Rhytidocystidae and Gemmocystidae. However, a recent study suggested they are not closely related, that the order is polyphyletic and should be restricted to include only Rhytidocystidae.[2] The authors also grouped the revised Agamococcidiorida with order Pseudoklossiida in a new superorder Eococcidia.
Life cycle
Both merogony and gametogony are absent in this order.
The oocysts contain sporocysts with two sporozoites each.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Miroliubova, Tatiana S.; Simdyanov, Timur G.; Mikhailov, Kirill V.; Aleoshin, Vladimir V.; Janouškovec, Jan; Belova, Polina A.; Paskerova, Gita G. (2020). "Polyphyletic origin, intracellular invasion, and meiotic genes in the putatively asexual agamococcidians (Apicomplexa incertae sedis)". Scientific Reports. 10 (1) 15847. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-72287-x. PMC 7522995. PMID 32985520.
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