Sporozoa
See also: sporozoa
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Analysable as Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá) + ζῷον (zôion). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Sporozoa
- the sporozoans
- A taxonomic infraphylum within the phylum Myzozoa.
- A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Miozoa.[1]
Usage notes edit
- Placement of Sporozoa and associated taxa, especially higher taxa, is unsettled.
Synonyms edit
Hypernyms edit
- (infraphylum): Protozoa - kingdom; Biciliata - subkingdom; Neozoa - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Myzozoa - phylum; Apicomplexa - subphylum
- (superclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum; Apicomplexa - infraphylum[1]
Hyponyms edit
- (infraphylum): Aconoidasida, Coccidea, Gregarinea, Hematozoa, Piroplasmea - classes
- (superclass): Coccoidiomorphea, Gregarinomorphea, Paragregarea - classes[1]
- Coccidea, Coelotrophia, Hematozoa; - subclasses in Coccoidiomorphea; Cryptogregaria, Histogregaria, Orthogregarina - subclasses in Gregarinomorphea
References edit
Sporozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sporozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Apicomplexa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Sporozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248