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Coccidiasina

[= Coccidia]

Life > Eukaryotes > Chromalveolata > Alveolata > Apicomplexa > Conoidasida

Blood parasites of, mainly, vertebrates. Isospora belli and I. hominis parasitise human intestines causing coccidiosis or isosporosis. Sarcocystis is found in the muscles of many vertebrate animals.

Genera in southern Africa

Besnoitia

 

 

Caryospora

 

 

Cryptosporidium

 

 

Eimeria

 

 

Frenkelia

 

 

Hammondia

 

 

Hepatozoon

 

 

Isospora

 

 

Lankesterella

 

 

Neospora

 

 

Sarcocystis

 

 

Toxoplasma