Eimeriidae

Eimeriidae
Eimeria maxima oocysts
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Family:	Eimeriidae Minchin, 1903

Eimeriidae is a family of Apicomplexa. ^[1] It contains the following genera: ^[2]

• Acroeimeria Paperna & Landsberg, 1989 ^[3]
• Alveocystis Bel'tenev, 1980
• Caryospora Léger, 1904
• Cyclospora Schneider, 1881
• Diaspora Léger, 1898
• Dorisa Levine, 1979
• Eimeria Schneider, 1875
• Epieimeria Dyková & Lom, 1981
• Gousseffia Levine & Ivens, 1979
• Hoarella Arcay de Peraza, 1963
• Isospora Schneider, 1881
• Mantonella Vincent, 1936
• Octosporella Ray & Ragavachari, 1942
• Pfeifferinella von Wasielewski, 1904
• Polysporella McQuistion, 1990
• Pythonella Ray & Das Gupta, 1937
• Sivatoshella Ray & Sarkar, 1968

Taxonomy

The biliary Eimeria-like coccidia of reptiles are classified into the genus Choleoeimeria and form a sister clade to the family Eimeriidae.

References

1. O. V. Dolnik, J. A. von Rönn & S. Bensch (May 2009). "Isospora hypoleucae sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a new coccidian parasite found in the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)" . Parasitology . 136 (8): 841–845. doi:10.1017/S0031182009006131. PMID   19450377. S2CID   25724613.
2. "Alphabetical list of the Eimeriidae of the world". University of New Mexico. April 23, 2001. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
3. Florin-Christensen M, Schnittger L, eds. (2018). Parasitic Protozoa of Farm Animals and Pets. Springer. ISBN   978-3-319-70132-5 . Retrieved 3 September 2018.