Apicomplexa

Parasitic protozoans

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Colpodella vorax
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Cyclospora cayetanensis
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Plasmodium malariae
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Description of Apicomplexa

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Alveolates with flattened subsurface alveoli, an apical complex generally consisting of one or more polar ring(s), rhoptries, micronemes, a conoid, and subpellicular microtubules, present at some stage in the life cycle; sexuality where reported is by syngamy. Mostly the apicomplexan sporozoa, but colpodellids are free-living and predatory, and perkinsids are parasitic with flagellates dispersal stages.
"Apicomplexa". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/4656". Accessed 22 Mar 2010.