Domain Eukaryota Class Conoidasida Order Archigregarinorida Rank Genus | Phylum Apicomplexa Subclass Gregarinasina Family Exoschizonidae | |
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History
This genus was created by Levine in 1971.
Taxonomy
There is one genus currently recognised in this family - Exoschizon. This genus has only one species - Exoschizon siphonosomae - which was described by Hukui in 1939.
Description
This species was found in the intestine of a sipunculid worm (Siphonosoma cumanense) in Japan.
The meronts measure 90 µm × 15 µm. There are ~13 longitudinal striations per side.
The meronts and gamonts are similarly shaped.
Transmission is presumably by the orofaecal route.
References
Exoschizon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA