Name - Cryptosporidiidae Leger 1911

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:457626 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Cryptosporidiidae

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• The genera Cryptosporidium and Epieimeria in the coccidian family Cryptosporidiidae (Protozoa: Apicomplexa).
• Cryptosporidium is more closely related to the gregarines than to coccidia as shown by phylogenetic analysis of apicomplexan parasites inferred using small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences.
• Gregarine site-heterogeneous 18S rDNA trees, revision of gregarine higher classification, and the evolutionary diversification of Sporozoa.

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