Ixorheorida
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Ixorheorida is an order within the subclass Conoidasida of the phylum Apicomplexia. All members of this order are parasitic protozoa.
Taxonomy
The order has one family - Ixorheidae. This family has one genus - Ixorheis - and this genus has a single species - Ixorheis psychropotae.
History
This species and genus were described in 1978 by Massin, Jangoux and Sibuet.[1] The species was isolated from the digestive tract of the sea cucumber Psychropotes longicauda.
The order and family were created by Levine in 1984.[2]
Life cycle
Gametogony is absent in this order but both merogony and sporogony occur.
References
- ^ 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, 253-259
- ^ Levine ND (1984) Nomenclatural corrections and new tax in the Apicomplexan protozoa. Trans Am Micro Soc 103 (2) 195-204