Selenidioididae
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Levine 1970
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Levine 1988
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Dufour 1828
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Grassé & Schrével 1953
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Selenidioididae
Levine 1971
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Filipodium |
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The Selenidioididae are a family of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this order infect marine invertebrates.
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Taxonomy
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
Species in this family undergo asexual schizogony.
Life cycle
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
- ↑ 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
