Porosporidae
Porosporidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | SAR |
Superphylum: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Subclass: | Gregarinasina |
Order: | Eugregarinorida |
Suborder: | Septatorina |
Superfamily: | Porosporicae Chakravarty 1960 |
Family: | Porosporidae Labbé 1899 |
Genera | |
Pachyporospora |
Porosporidae is a family of parasitic protozoa of the phylum Apicomplexia
Taxonomy
This family has 3 genera - Pachyporospora, Porospora and Nematopsis - and 37 species.
The members of this family are distinguished from the other septate gregarines by having a digenic (two host) life cycle.
History
This taxon was created in 1899 by Labbé.[1]
Description
The species in this family are heteroxenous, meaning they live in two separate hosts during their life cycle. The two host species involved in their life cycle are a crustacean and a mollusc. The life cycle involves vegetative development in digestive tract of a decapod crustacean and sporogony in the connective tissue of a lamellibranch mollusc.
References
- ↑ Labbé A (1899) Sporozoa. In Das Tierreich: Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Schulze, F. E. & Bütschli, O. (eds.). R. Friedländer und Sohn, Berlin: Germany
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