Eimeriorina

Eimeriorina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidiasina
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Families & Genera
Aggregatidae Aggregata Grasseella Merocystis Ovivora Pseudoklossia Selysina Atoxoplasmatidae Atoxoplasma Barrouxiidae Barrouxia Crystallospora Goussia Calyptosporiidae Calyptospora Caryotrophidae Caryotropha Dorisiella Cryptosporidiidae Cryptosporidium Eimeriidae Alveocystis Caryospora Choleoeimeria Cyclospora Diaspora Dorisa Eimeria Epieimeria Gousseffia Isospora Margolisiella Mantonella Octosporella Pfeifferinella Polysporella Sivatoshella Skrjabinella Tyzzeria Wenyonella Elleipsisomatidae Elleipsisoma Lankesterellidae Lankesterella Schellackia Sarcocystidae Sarcocystinae Cystoisospora Frenkelia Sarcocystis Toxoplasmatinae Besnoitia Hammondia Hyaloklossia Neospora Nephroisospora Toxoplasma Selenococcidiidae Selenococcidium Spirocystidae Spirocystis Unclassified Hoarella Pythonella

Eimeriorina is a suborder of phylum Apicomplexa.^[1][2]

All species in this clade are homoxenous or facultatively homoxenous. Merogony, gamogony and oocyst formation all occur within the same host. The hosts may be vertebrates or invertebrates.

Erroneous identifications of species is a major problem in coccidian systematics and it is likely that a number of the genera and/or species may be revised in the future.

Taxonomy

There are 12 families, 2 subfamilies and 50 genera recognised in this suborder.

The genus Eimeria with ~1500 species is the largest genus in this suborder.

Notes

One genus is entirely entomoxenous (parasitic on insects) - Barrouxia.

The taxonomic status of Atoxoplasma remains unclear.

References

1. "Eimeriorina". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 423054.
2. Jirků M, Jirků M, Oborník M, Lukes J, Modrý D (2009). "A model for taxonomic work on homoxenous coccidia: redescription, host specificity, and molecular phylogeny of Eimeria ranae Dobell, 1909, with a review of anuran-host Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina)". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 56 (1): 39–51. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00362.x. PMID 19335773.