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Similar Parasitic protozoans, Myxosporea, Sarcomastigophora, Actinopoda, Opalinidae | ||
Cnidospora is a defunct subphylum of microscopic spore-forming parasites in the defunct phylum Protozoa. The subphylum was divided into two classes, the Myxosporidea (now classified as higher-animals, i.e. Metazoa) and the Microsporidea (now classified as fungi).
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