Caulleryellidae
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| Caulleryellidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa Levine 1970 |
| Class: | Conoidasida Levine 1988 |
| Subclass: | Gregarinasina Dufour 1828 |
| Order: | Neogregarinorida Grassé & Schrével 1953 |
| Suborder: | Schizogregarinina |
| Family: | Caulleryellidae Keilin 1914 |
| Genera | |
The Caulleryellidae are a family of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this family mostly infect dipteran larvae.
History
This family was created by the parasitologist David Keilin in 1914.[1]
Taxonomy
There are two genera in this family - Caulleryella with five species and Tipulocystis with one.
The type species is Caulleryellida aphiochaetae.
Life cycle
Species in the family are generally spread by the orofaecal route. Replication occurs in the gut.
Development is extracellular. The parasites develop attached to the host cell by an epimerite.
Merogony occurs when nuclei are peripheral within the cell.
The merozoites form a bouquet structure around the parent cell.
The gamonts are elongate with an anterior neck.
The gametes have similar morphology.
The gametocysts give rise to 1-8 oocysts.
References
- ↑ Keilin D (1914) CR Soc Biol Paris 76 (1) 768
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