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The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
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The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
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About the turn of the century the Apicomplexa plus some other
groups were called Sporozoa. With the advent of the electron
microscope, it was realized that most "Sporozoa" have an apical
complex; those which do not (the Microspora, Myxozoa, and
Ascetospora) were removed and the name Apicomplexa was put forward
by Dr. Levine in 1970. Most of the important Apicomplexa fall into
five main groups: the gregarines, haemogregarines (about which
there is relatively little known), coccidia, haemosporids, and
piroplasms. These two volumes classify, list (with synonyms and
hosts) and give references to descriptions of the approximately
4600 species of Apicomplexa that have been named so far. Volume I
contains an 8-page introduction and covers the gregarines and
coccidia (including the haemogregarines). In volume II are the
Sarcocystidae (the predator-prey coccidia) the haemosporids (the
malaria and related parasites), the piroplasms, and some parasites
of uncertain affinities. The Apicomplexa are divided into over 300
genera and more than 60 families, but this division is deceiving.
Most of these groups contain only one or a few species. There are
fewer than 50 genera with 10 or more named species, and only 8 with
100 or more. These 8 genera (Eimeria, Haemogregarina, Gregarina,
Isospora, Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, Sarcocystis, and Babesia)
comprise more than half of the species.
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