Dorisa
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| Dorisa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Eimeriidae |
| Genus: | Dorisa Levine, 1980 |
| Species | |
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Dorisa aethiopsaris | |
Dorisa is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
The genus was separated from the genus Dorisiella by Levine in 1980.[1] Dorisiella was created for a parasite infecting a marine polychaete by Ray in 1930. Levine separated off a number of species that while morphologically similar occurred in vertebrates rather that polychaetes.
Life cycle
[edit]The species in this genus infect the gastrointestinal wall of vertebrates.
Description
[edit]Genus diagnosis is dependent on the oocyst: there is a definite cell wall in this genus whereas in Dorisiella the oocyst wall is membrane like.
Host records
[edit]- Dorisa harpia - lesser hairy winged bat (Harpiocephalus harpia lasyurus)
References
[edit]- ↑ Levine ND (1980) Dorisa n. gen. (Protozoa, Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae). J Parasitol 66(1):11
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