Gousseffia

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Gousseffia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Eimeriidae
Genus: Gousseffia
Levine & Ivens, 1979
Species:
G. erinacei
Binomial name
Gousseffia erinacei
(Gousseff, 1937)

Gousseffia is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa.

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This genus was originally named Yakimovella after the parasitologist Yakimoff. [1] Levine in 1980 noted that this genus name was already in use and renamed the genus Gousseffia. [2]

Taxonomy

There is only one described species in this genus - Gousseffia erinacei.

Life cycle

Little is known about this genus. It is presumably transmitted by the orofaecal route.

Each oocysts has 8 sporocysts. Each sporocyst has numerous sporozoites.

Host records

This genus and species has been described in the European hedgehog ( Erinaceus europaeus ).

History

This genus and species was described by Gousseff in 1937. It was renamed by Levine in 1980.

References

  1. ↑ Levine ND, Ivens V (1979) The coccidia (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) of insectivores. Revista iber Parasit 39 (1-4): 269
  2. ↑ Levine ND (1980) Some corrections of coccidian (Apicomplexa: Protozoa) nomenclature. J Parasitol 66: 830-834
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