Echinococcidium

Echinococcidium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Achromatorida
Family: Haemohormidiidae
Genus: Echinococcidium
Porchet, 1978
Species

Echinococcidium notomasti

Echinococcidium is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.

History

This genus was described by Porchet in 1978 in specimens collected in Boulogne, France.

Taxonomy

At present only a single species in this genus is known - Echinococcidium notomasti.

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