Aseptatorina

Aseptatorina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Subclass: Gregarinasina
Order: Eugregarinorida
Suborder: Aseptatorina
Families

Aikinetocystidae
Allantocystidae
Diplocystidae
Enterocystidae
Ganymedidae
Lecudinidae
Monocystidae
Schaudinnellidae
Selenidiidae
Thiriotiidae
Urosporidae

Aseptatorina is a suborder of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexia

Taxonomy

There are eleven families recognised in this suborder. There are ~400 species in these families.

Five families - Allantocystidae, Diplocystidae, Enterocystidae, Ganymedidae and Schaudinnellidae - have only one genus. Aikinetocystidae has two genera.

Two families in this suborder - Ganymedidae and Thiriotiidae - infect crustaceans.

The taxonomy of this suborder may be in need of revision as it has been shown based on SSU 18S rDNA sequences that four families - Ganymedidae from the Aseptatorina and Cephalolobidae, Porosporidae and Uradiophoridae from the Septatorina appear to form a superfamily.[1] The name Cephaloidophoroidea has been proposed for this superfamily

History

This suborder was created by Chakravarty in 1960.

Description

The gamont of the species in this suborder have a single compartment. An epimerite or mucron is found in some species.

Syzygy occurs.

References

  1. Rueckert S, Simdyanov TG, Aleoshin VV, Leander BS (2011) Identification of a divergent environmental DNA sequence clade using the phylogeny of gregarine parasites (Apicomplexa) from crustacean hosts. PLoS ONE 6:e18163
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