sporozoea
11Encephalitozoon — A genus of protozoan parasites, formerly considered part of the family Toxoplasmatidae, class Sporozoea, but now recognized as a member of the protozoan phylum Microspora, family …
12Hepatocystis — A genus of blood parasitizing hemosporines (family Plasmodiidae) with gametocytes in red cells and cystlike exoerythrocytic schizonts in the liver parenchyma; parasitic in Old World primates, bats, and squirrels, but not in domestic animals or in …
13Isospora — A genus of coccidia (family Eimeriidae, class Sporozoea), with species chiefly in mammals; the ripe oocysts contain two sporocysts, each of which contains four sporozoites. This genus is now known to be closely related to Toxoplasma and… …
14oocyst — The encysted form of the fertilized macrogamete, or zygote, in coccidian Sporozoea in which sporogonic multiplication occurs; results in the formation of sporozoites, infectious agents for the next stage of the sporozoan life cycle. [G. oon, egg …
15Sarcocystis — A genus of protozoan parasites, related to the sporozoan genera Eimeria, Isospora, and Toxoplasma, and placed in a distinct family, Sarcocystidae, but with the above genera in the same suborder, Eimeriina, within the subclass Coccidia, class …
16sporotheca — The envelope enclosing the minute needle like spores of certain Sporozoea. [sporo + G. theke, case] …
17Sporozoasida — SYN: Sporozoea …
18Telosporea — SYN: Sporozoea …
19Telosporidia — A former order of Sporozoea. [G. telos, end, + sporos, seed] * * * Telo·spo·rid·ia .tel ə spə rid ē ə, .tēl n pl a subclass of the class Sporozoa comprising parasitic protozoans that form spores or filaments which contain one or more infective… …
20trophozoite — The ameboid, vegetative, asexual form of certain Sporozoea, such as the schizont of the plasmodia of malaria and related parasites. [tropho + G. zoon, animal] * * * tro·pho·zo·ite .trō fə zō .īt n a protozo …
