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Family of single-celled organisms
The Enterocystidae are a family of parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa.
Taxonomy
There is one genus in this family - Enterocystis
History
This family was created by Codreanu in 1940.
[1]
Description
These organisms have a spherical nucleus and can have a deep brown cytoplasm. They are found in the gut of insect hosts; such hosts include
Psocoptera ,
[2] and
Ephemeroptera
[3]
References
^ Codreanu M (1940) Sur quatre grégarines nouvelles du genre Enterocystis , parasites des éphémères torrenticoles Arch Zool Exp Gén (Notes et Revue) 81: 113-122
^ Sarkar, N. K. (April 20, 1983).
"ENTEROCYSTIS BENGALENSIS N. SP. (APICOMPLEXA : ENTEROCYSTIDAE) FROM PSOCATROPOS SP. (PSOCOPTERA) OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA" . Current Science . 52 (8). Retrieved 1 January 2022 .
^ Desportes, I.; Schrével, J. (2013).
Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Gregarines (2 vols): The Early Branching Apicomplexa . Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology - The Gregarines. Brill. p. 3.
ISBN
978-90-04-25605-7 . Retrieved 2022-01-01 .
Archigregarinorida
Eugregarinorida
Aseptatorina
Blastogregarinorina
Septatorina
Fusionicae (
Fusionidae )
Gregarinicae (
Cephaloidophoridae ,
Cephalolobidae ,
Didymophoridae ,
Gregarinidae ,
Hirmocystidae ,
Metameridae ,
Uradiophoridae )
Porosporicae (
Porosporidae )
Stenophoricae (
Acutidae ,
Amphiplatysporidae ,
Brustiophoridae ,
Cnemidosporidae ,
Dactylophoridae ,
Leidyanidae ,
Monoductidae ,
Monoicidae ,
Sphaerocystidae ,
Stenophoridae ,
Trichorhynchidae )
Stylocephaloidea (
Actinocephalidae ,
Stylocephalidae )
Blabericolidae
Neogregarinorida