Urospora | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Order: | Eugregarinorida |
Family: | Urosporidae |
Genus: |
Urospora Schneider, 1895 |
Synonyms [1] | |
Cystobia Mingazzini, 1891 in part Pachysoma Mingazzini, 1891 Syncystis Cuénot, 1891 |
Urospora is a genus of apicomplexan gregarines. [2] [3] [1]
Urospora is a genus of apicomplexans, protists that behave as intracellular parasites. Species of this genus are monocystid gregarines, found in the body cavity or tissues of their hosts: echinoderms, annelids, nemertines and mollusks. They present lateral or frontal syzygies. Their oocysts are heteropolar, with a thin appendage at one end and a transparent conical funnel at the other end. [2] They reproduce through anisogametes, unequal gametes, liberated through the dehiscence of gametocysts by a simple rupture. The oocysts have a well-differentiated wall known as the 'epispore', 8 sporozoites. Each oocyst has an anterior neck and a marked posterior prolongation. [1]
Urospora contains the following species, listed next to their host and the tissue they parasitize: [1]
Urospora | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Conoidasida |
Order: | Eugregarinorida |
Family: | Urosporidae |
Genus: |
Urospora Schneider, 1895 |
Synonyms [1] | |
Cystobia Mingazzini, 1891 in part Pachysoma Mingazzini, 1891 Syncystis Cuénot, 1891 |
Urospora is a genus of apicomplexan gregarines. [2] [3] [1]
Urospora is a genus of apicomplexans, protists that behave as intracellular parasites. Species of this genus are monocystid gregarines, found in the body cavity or tissues of their hosts: echinoderms, annelids, nemertines and mollusks. They present lateral or frontal syzygies. Their oocysts are heteropolar, with a thin appendage at one end and a transparent conical funnel at the other end. [2] They reproduce through anisogametes, unequal gametes, liberated through the dehiscence of gametocysts by a simple rupture. The oocysts have a well-differentiated wall known as the 'epispore', 8 sporozoites. Each oocyst has an anterior neck and a marked posterior prolongation. [1]
Urospora contains the following species, listed next to their host and the tissue they parasitize: [1]