Eimeriidae
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Eimeriidae is a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of Apicomplexa
Apicomplexa
The Apicomplexa are a large group of protists, most of which possess a unique organelle called apicoplast and an apical complex structure involved in penetrating a host's cell. They are unicellular, spore-forming, and exclusively parasites of animals. Motile structures such as flagella or...

. It contains the following genera:
  • Alveocystis Bel'tenev, 1980
  • Atoxoplasma Garnham, 1950
  • Barrouxia Schneider, 1885
  • Caryospora
    Caryospora
    Caryospora is a genus of fungi in the family Zopfiaceae....

    Léger, 1904
  • Cyclospora
    Cyclospora
    Cyclospora is a genus of apicomplexan parasites. It includes the species Cyclospora cayetanensis, the causative agent of Cyclosporiasis....

    Schneider, 1881
  • Diaspora Léger, 1898
  • Dorisa Levine, 1979
  • Eimeria
    Eimeria
    Eimeria is a genus of Apicomplexan parasites that includes various species responsible for the poultry disease coccidiosis. The genus is named for the German zoologist Theodor Eimer...

    Schneider, 1875
  • Epieimeria Dyková & Lom, 1981
  • Gousseffia Levine & Ivens, 1979
  • Hoarella
    Hoarella
    Hoarella' is a genus of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa. This genus infects reptiles.Only one species in this genus is recognised.-Description:This genus was described in 1963 by Arcay de Peraza....

    Arcay de Peraza, 1963
  • Isospora
    Isospora
    Isospora is a genus of internal parasites classified under Coccidia.It is responsible for the condition isosporiasis.At least 248 species have been described in this genus, but most of them are little studied and it is doubtful whether all should be recognized as distinct species...

    Schneider, 1881
  • Mantonella Vincent, 1936
  • Octosporella
    Octosporella
    Octosporella is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae.-External links:*...

    Ray & Ragavachari, 1942
  • Pfeifferinella von Wasielewski, 1904
  • Polysporella McQuistion, 1990
  • Pythonella Ray & Das Gupta, 1937
  • Sivatoshella Ray & Sarkar, 1968

Taxonomy

The family Goussia
Goussia
Goussia is a genus of parasitic protozoa belonging to the phylum Apicomplexia. Although most species in this genus infect fish but a small number infect frogs.-Description:...

forms a trichotomy with the Eimeriidae and Sarcocystidae
Sarcocystidae
Sarcocystidae is a family of Apicomplexa associated with a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.Types include:* Toxoplasma** Toxoplasma gondii* Besnoitia** Besnoitia bennetti** Besnoitia besnoiti** Besnoitia tarandi...

.

The biliary Eimeria-like coccidia of reptiles are classified into the genus Choleoeimeria
Choleoeimeria
Choleoeimeria is a genus of protozoan parasites that infect the bilary tracts of reptiles. Morphologically they are similar to the Eimeria to who they are closely related...

and form a sister clade to the family Eimeriidae.
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