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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Subclass: | Coccidiasina |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Suborder: | Eimeriorina |
| Genus: | Wenyonella |
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Wenyonella africana |
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Wenyonella is a genus of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa. The genus was described in 1933 by Hoare.[1]
The type species is Wenyonella africana.
The species in this genus have oocysts with four sporocysts: each sporocyst gives rise to four sporozoites. They are found in the gasterointestinal tracts of reptiles, birds and mammals.
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