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Cryptosporidium fragile

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Phylum
  
Apicomplexa

Order
  
Eucoccidiorida

Genus
  
Cryptosporidium

Class
  
Conoidasida

Family
  
Cryptosporidiidae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Cryptosporidium muris, Cryptosporidium hominis, Histomonas meleagridis, Alveolate, Cryptosporidium parvum

Cryptosporidium fragile is a parasite. Its oocysts are subspherical to elliptical with irregular contour. It is known to infect black-spined toads, particularly their gastric epithelial cells.

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Cryptosporidium fragile Wikipedia