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Selenidioididae

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Selenidioididae
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Selenidioididae

Levine 1971
Genera

Filipodium
Merogregarina
Meroselenidium
Platyproteum
Selenidioides
Veloxidium

The Selenidioididae are a family of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this order infect marine invertebrates.

Taxonomy

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The order Archigregarinorida was redefined by Levine in 1971[1] and divided into two families: Exoschizonidae and Selenidioididae.

There are seven genera and 74 species recognised in this family.

Description

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Species in this family undergo asexual schizogony.

Life cycle

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The species in the family infect the gastrointestinal tract and are presumably transmitted by the orofaecal route but the details of this mechanism are presently unknown.

References

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  1. ^ Levine N D (1971) Taxonomy of the Archigregarinorida and Selenidiidae (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) J Euk Micro 18 (4) 704-717 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1971.tb03401.x