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Dorisa
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Sar
Superphylum:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Apicomplexa
Class:
Conoidasida
Subclass:
Coccidiasina
Order:
Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:
Eimeriorina
Family:
Eimeriidae
Genus:
Dorisa
Species

Dorisa aethiopsaris
Dorisa arizonensis
Dorisa bengalensis
Dorisa chakravartyi
Dorisa graculae
Dorisa hareni
Dorisa harpia
Dorisa hoarei
Dorisa indica
Dorisa mandali
Dorisa passeries
Dorisa rayi
Dorisa vagabundae

Dorisa is a genus of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa.

The genus was separated from the genus Dorisiella by Levine in 1908.[1] Dorisiella was created for a parasite infecting a marine polychaete by Ray in 1930. Levine separated off a number of species that while morphologically similar occurred in vertebrates rather that polychaetes.

Life cycle

The species in this genus infect the gasterointestinal wall of vertebrates.

Description

Genus diagnosis is dependent on the oocyst: there is a definite cell wall in this genus whereas in Dorisiella the oocyst wall is membrane like.

Host records

References

  1. ^ Levine ND (1980) Dorisa n. gen. (Protozoa, Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae). J Parasitol 66(1):11
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