Exoschizon
| Exoschizon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Archigregarinorida |
| Family: | Exoschizonidae Levine, 1971 |
| Genus: | Exoschizon Hukui, 1939 |
| Species: | E. siphonosomae |
| Binomial name | |
| Exoschizon siphonosomae Hukui, 1939 | |
Exoschizon is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa. It is the only genus in the family Exoschizonidae.
History
Exoschizonidae was described by Levine in 1971.[1]
Taxonomy
Exoschizon is the only genus currently recognised in the family Exoschizonidae. The genus has only one species - Exoschizon siphonosomae - which was described by Hukui in 1939.[2]
Description
This species was found in the intestine of a sipunculid worm (Siphonosoma cumanense) in Japan.
The meronts measure 90 µm × 15 µm. There are ~13 longitudinal striations per side.
The meronts and gamonts are similarly shaped.
Transmission is presumably by the orofaecal route.
References
- ↑ Levine ND (1971) Taxonomy of the Archigregarinorida and Selenidiidae (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) J Euk Microbiol 18 (4) 704–717 doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1971.tb03401.x
- ↑ Hukui (1939) J Fac Sci Hiroshima Univ 7: 17