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Ixorheorida is an order within the sub class Conoidasida of the phylum Apicomplexia. All members of this order are parasitic protozoa.
The order has one family — Ixorheidae. This family has one genus — Ixorheis — and this genus has a single species — Ixorheis psychropotae.
This species and genus were described in 1978 by Massin, Jangoux and Sibuet. [1] The species was isolated from the digestive tract of the sea cucumber Psychropotes longicauda.
The order and family were created by Levine in 1984. [2]
Gametogony is absent in this order but both merogony and sporogony occur.