Defretinella

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Defretinella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Protococcidiorida
Family: Eleutheroschizonidae
Genus: Defretinella
Henneré, 1966
Species:
D. eulaliae
Binomial name
Defretinella eulaliae
Henneré, 1966

Defretinella is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa.

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Taxonomy

This genus had been placed in the family Barrouxiidae by Levine [1] but has since been moved to the family Eleutheroschizonidae.

There is one species recognised in this genus — Defretinella eulaliae.

Description

This species infects a polychete species — the green leaf worm ( Eulalia viridis ). [2]

The oocysts contain >50 bivalved sporocysts: each sporocyst in its turn contains numerous sporozoites. The sporocysts are bivalved.

References

  1. ↑ Levine, N.D. (1983). "The genera Barrouxia, Defretinella, and Goussia of the coccidian family Barrouxiidae (Protozoa, Apicomplexa)". J Euk Micro. 30 (3): 542–7. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1983.tb01419.x.
  2. ↑ Hennere, E. (1966). "Stades evolutifs de deux coccidies parasites d'annelides polychetes: Myriosporides amphiglenae, gen. n., sp. n., parasite de Amphiglena mediterranea Claparede (Sabellidae); Defretinella eulaliae, gen. n., sp. n., parasite de Eulalia viridis Muller (Phyllododidae)". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D. 262: 890–3.
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