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Genus of single-celled organisms

Octosporella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidiasina
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Family:	Eimeriidae
Genus:	Octosporella
Species
Octosporella hystrix Octosporella mabuiae Octosporella notropis Octosporella opeongoensis Octosporella sanguinolentae Octosporella sasajewunensis

Octosporella is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa. This genus has been poorly studied and little is known about it. Species in this genus infect fish, lizards and echidnas.

History

This genus was created in 1942 by Ray and Raghavachari.

Taxonomy

The type species is Octosporella mabuiae.

Six species are currently recognised.

Description

The oocysts each have 8 sporocysts. Each sporocyst has 2 sporozoites.

References

Ray, HN, Raghavachari K (1942) Observations on a new coccidium, Octosporella mabuiae n. gen., n. sp., from the intestine of Mabuia sp. Proceedings of the 28th Indian Science Congress 28: 170

Eukaryota: SAR: Alveolata

(major groups

Acavomonadea	Acavomonadida (Acavomonas)

Ciliophora

Intramacronucleata	Armophorea (Metopus) Cariacotrichea (Cariacothrix caudata) Colpodea (Colpoda) Litostomatea (Balantidium, Dileptus) Muranotrichea (Muranothrix) Nassophorea (Nassula) Oligohymenophorea (Ichthyophthirius, Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Vorticella) Parablepharismea (Parablepharisma) Phyllopharyngea (Chilodonella, Tokophrya) Plagiopylea (Plagiopyla) Prostomatea (Coleps, Holophrya) Protocruziea (Protocruzia) Spirotrichea (Euplotes, Stylonychia)
Postciliodesmatophora	Heterotrichea (Stentor, Climacostomum, Blepharisma) Karyorelictea (Loxodes, Tracheloraphis)
Mesodiniea (Mesodinium, Myrionecta)

Colponemidia

Colponemadea	Colponemadida (Colponema)

Myzozoa

Apicomplexa

Aconoidasida

Haemospororida	Garniidae (Garnia) Haemoproteidae (Haemoproteus) Leucocytozoidae (Leucocytozoon) Plasmodiidae (Plasmodium)
Piroplasmida	Babesiidae (Babesia) Theileriidae (Theileria)
Cardiosporidium Nephromyces

Conoidasida

Coccidia

Agamococcidiorida

Gemmocystidae (Gemmocystis)
Rhytidocystidae (Rhytidocystis)

Eucoccidiorida

Adeleorina

Adeleidae
Dactylosomatidae (Babesiosoma, Dactylosoma)
Haemogregarinidae (Haemogregarina)
Hepatozoidae (Hepatozoon)
Karyolysidae (Karyolysus)
Klossiellidae (Klossiella)
Legerellidae (Legerella)

Eimeriorina

Aggregatidae (Aggregata, Grasseella, Merocystis, Ovivora, Pseudoklossia, Selysina) Atoxoplasmatidae Barrouxiidae Calyptosporiidae Caryotrophidae Cryptosporidiidae (Cryptosporidium) Eimeriidae (Cyclospora, Eimeria, Isospora) Elleipsisomatidae Lankesterellidae Selenococcidiidae
Sarcocystidae	Sarcocystinae (Frenkelia, Sarcocystis) Toxoplasmatinae (Besnoitia, Hammondia, Hyaloklossia, Nephroisospora, Neospora, Toxoplasma)

Ixorheorida

Ixorheidae (Ixorheis)

Protococcidiorida

Angeiocystidae (Angeiocystis)
Eleutheroschizonidae (Coelotropha, Defretinella, Eleutheroschizon)
Grelliidae (Coelotropha, Grellia)
Mackinnoniidae (Mackinnonia)
Myriosporidae (Myriosporides, Myriospora)

Gregarinasina

Archigregarinorida

Exoschizonidae (Exoschizon)
Selenidioididae (Merogregarina, Meroselenidium, Selenidioides, Veloxidium)

Eugregarinorida

Aseptatorina	Aikinetocystidae Allantocystidae Diplocystidae Enterocystidae Ganymedidae Lecudinidae Monocystidae (Monocystinae, Oligochaetocystinae, Rhynchocystinae, Stomatophorinae, Zygocystinae) Schaudinnellidae Selenidiidae Thiriotiidae Urosporidae
Blastogregarinorina	Siedleckiidae (Siedleckia)
Septatorina	Fusionicae (Fusionidae) Gregarinicae (Cephaloidophoridae, Cephalolobidae, Didymophoridae, Gregarinidae, Hirmocystidae, Metameridae, Uradiophoridae) Porosporicae (Porosporidae) Stenophoricae (Acutidae, Amphiplatysporidae, Brustiophoridae, Cnemidosporidae, Dactylophoridae, Leidyanidae, Monoductidae, Monoicidae, Sphaerocystidae, Stenophoridae, Trichorhynchidae) Stylocephaloidea (Actinocephalidae, Stylocephalidae) Blabericolidae

Neogregarinorida

Schizogregarinina (Caulleryellidae, Ophryocystidae)
Gigaductidae (Gigaductus)
Lipotrophidae (Apicystis, Farinocystis, Lipotropha, Lipocystis, Mattesia, Menzbieria)
Schizocystidae (Lymphotropha, Machadoella, Schizocystis)
Syncystidae (Syncystis)

Apicomonadea

Chromerida	Chromeraceae (Chromera velia) Vitrellaceae (Vitrella brassicaformis)
Colpodellida	Colpodellidae (Colpodella)
Voromonadida	Alphamonadidae (Alphamonas) Voromonadidae (Voromonas)

Dinoflagellata

Dinokaryota	With a theca: Dinophysiales (Dinophysis, Histioneis, Ornithocercus, Oxyphysis) Gonyaulacales (Ceratium, Gonyaulax) Peridiniales (Pfiesteria, Peridinium) Prorocentrales (Prorocentrum) Without theca: Gymnodiniales (Amphidinium, Gymnodinium, Karenia, Karlodinium) Suessiales (Polarella, Symbiodinium)
Noctilucea	Noctilucales (Noctiluca)
Syndinea	Syndiniales: Amoebophryaceae (Amoebophyra) Duboscquellaceae (Duboscquella) Syndiniaceae (Hematodinium, Syndinium)
Other	Acrocoelidae (Acrocoelus) Ichthyodinium Oxyrrhinaceae (Oxyrrhis) Pronoctilucidae (Pronoctiluca) Psammosidae (Psammosa)

Perkinsozoa

Perkinsea	Perkinsidae (Perkinsus) Phagodinida (Phagodinium) Rastromonadida (Parvilucifera, Rastrimonas)

Protalveolata

Ellobiopsea

Ellobiopsidae (Elliobiocystis, Ellobiopsis, Parallobiopsis, Thalassomyces, Rhizellobiopsis)

Myzomonadea

Algovorida	Algovoridae (Algovora)
Chilovorida	Chilovoridae (Chilovora)

Squirmidea

Squirmidae (Filipodium, Platyproteum)

Taxon identifiers
Octosporella	Wikidata: Q7077109 AFD: Octosporella CoL: 66PZ GBIF: 7677954 IRMNG: 1206960

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