| Heydornia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Sar |
| (unranked): | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Subclass: | Coccidiasina |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Suborder: | Eimeriorina |
| Family: | Sarcocystidae |
| Subfamily: | Toxoplasmatinae |
| Genus: | Heydornia |
| Species | |
Heydornia is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
History
This genus was created in 2016 by splitting canid-infecting species from Hammondia based on the molecular phylogenetic analysis.
Life cycle
The species in this genus have two vertebrate hosts in their life cycle: a canid (the definitive host) and prey species (the intermediate host). They are strictly heteroxenous.
References
- ^ Ogedengbe; et al. (2016). "Molecular phylogenetic analyses of tissue coccidia (sarcocystidae; apicomplexa) based on nuclear 18s RDNA and mitochondrial COI sequences confirms the paraphyly of the genus Hammondia". Parasitology Open. 2: e2. doi:10.1017/pao.2015.7.
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