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Allantocystis

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Allantocystis
Scientific classification
Domain:
(unranked):
Superphylum:
Phylum:
Levine 1970
Class:
Levine 1988
Subclass:
Dufour 1828
Order:
Grassé & Schrével 1953
Suborder:
Chakravarty 1960
Family:
Allantocystidae
Genera

Allantocystis

The Allantocystidae are a family of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa.[1]

Taxonomy

There is one genus in this family - Allantocystis.

History

This genus was created by Keilin in 1920.

Description

References

  1. ^ Levine ND (1977) Checklist of the species of the aseptate gregarine families Aikinetocystidae, Diplocystidae, Allantocystidae, Schaudinnellidae, Ganymedidae and Enterocystidae. J Invert Path 29(2): 175-181