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Gibbsia (apicomplexan))
| Gibbsia archiuli | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Adeleidae |
| Genus: |
Gibbsia Levine 1986 |
| Species: | G. archiuli
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| Binomial name | |
| Gibbsia archiuli Levine 1986
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Gibbsia is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa.
There is only one species known in this genus, Gibbsia archiuli.
Taxonomy
This genus was created by Levine for a species of protozoa that was discovered by Gibbs in 1952. [1]
Description
The only known species in this genus was found in South Africa.
It infects the garden millipede ( Archiulus moreleti).
Merogony, gamogony and sporogony occur within the host's blood cells.
Microgametes are not flagellated.
Oocysts contain four sporocysts. Each sporocyst has a single sporozoite.
References
- ^ Levine ND (1986) Gibbsia archiuli (Apicomplexa, Eucoccidiorida) n. g., n. sp. from the millipede Archiulus moreleti. Journal of Protozoology 33 (2) 300–301
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