Ixorheis

Ixorheis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Ixorheorida
Family: Ixorheidae
Genus: Ixorheis
Species:
I. psychropotae
Binomial name
Ixorheis psychropotae
Massin, Jangoux & Sibuet, 1978

Ixorheis is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.

Taxonomy

This species and genus were described in 1978 by Massin, Jangoux and Sibuet.[1]

The order and family were created by Levine in 1984. [2]

Ixoreis psychropotae is currenly the only known species in genus Ixorheis, family Ixorheidae and order Ixorheorida.

History

The species was isolated from the digestive tract of the sea cucumber Psychropotes longicauda.[1]

Description

This species has been reported only once and little is known about it.

Gametogony is absent but both merogony and sporogony occur.

References

  1. 1 2 Massin, C; Jangoux, M; Sibuet, M (1978). "Description d' Ixoreis psychropotae, nov. gen., nov. sp., coccidie parasite du tube digestif de l'holothure abyssale Psychropotes longicauda". Protistologica. 14 (3): 253–9.
  2. ↑ Levine, Norman D. (1984). "Nomenclatural Corrections and New Taxa in the Apicomplexan Protozoa". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 103 (2): 195–204. doi:10.2307/3226242. JSTOR 3226242.


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