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Agamococcidiorida

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Agamococcidiorida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Subclass: Coccidia
Order: Agamococcidiorida
Families and genera

Gemmocystidae

Rhytidocystidae

Agamococcidiorida is an order within the subclass Coccidia of the phylum Apicomplexia.[1] All members of this order are parasitic protozoa.

They are found in marine annelids.

Taxonomy

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Two families are recognised in this order.

Life cycle

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Both merogony and gametogony are absent in this order.

The oocysts contain sporocysts with two sporozoites each.

References

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  1. ^ Levine ND (1979). "Agamococcidiorida ord. n. and Rhytidocystidae fam. n. for the coccidian genus Rhytidocystis Henneguy, 1907". J Protozool. 26 (2): 167–8. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1979.tb02756.x.