Agamococcidiorida

Agamococcidiorida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidia
Order:	Agamococcidiorida
Families and genera
Gemmocystidae Gemmocystis Rhytidocystidae Rhytidocystis

Agamococcidiorida is an order within the subclass Coccidia of the phylum Apicomplexia.^[1] All members of this order are parasitic protozoa.

They are found in marine annelids.

Taxonomy

Two families are recognised in this order.

Life cycle

Both merogony and gametogony are absent in this order.

The oocysts contain sporocysts with two sporozoites each.

References

1. Levine ND (1979). "Agamococcidiorida ord. n. and Rhytidocystidae fam. n. for the coccidian genus Rhytidocystis Henneguy, 1907". J Protozool. 26 (2): 167–8. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1979.tb02756.x.