Urosporidae

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Urosporidae
Scientific classification
Domain:
(unranked):
Superphylum:
Phylum:
Levine 1970
Class:
Levine 1988
Subclass:
Dufour 1828
Order:
Grassé & Schrével 1953
Suborder:
Chakravarty 1960
Family:
Urosporidae
Genera

Ceratospora
Gonospora
Lithocystis
Paragonospora
Pterospora
Urospora

Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

The Urosporidae are a family of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa.

Taxonomy

There is six genera in this family.

History

This family was created by Léger in 1892.[1]

Description

There are 45 recognised species in this family.

References

  1. Léger L (1982) Recherches sur les grégarines. Poitiers: Oudin & cie