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Family of single-celled organisms

Urosporidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Gregarinasina
Order:	Eugregarinorida
Suborder:	Aseptatorina
Family:	Urosporidae
Genera
Ceratospora Gonospora Lithocystis Paragonospora Pterospora Urospora

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

Taxonomy

There is six genera in this family.

History

This family was created by Léger in 1892.

Description

There are 45 recognised species in this family.

References

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

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
Urosporidae	Wikidata: Q18692981 Wikispecies: Urosporidae EoL: 2908383 GBIF: 7443502 IRMNG: 113033 Open Tree of Life: 797897 WoRMS: 562747

Category:

Apicomplexa families