Adeleina

Adeleina
Ad·e·le·i·na (ad″ə-le-iґnə) a suborder of homoxenous or heteroxenous protozoa (order Eucoccidiida, subclass Coccidia) parasitic in the intestinal epithelium and associated glands of invertebrates, characterized by syzygy during development that usually involves a macrogamete and microgamont, with the latter producing one to four sporozoites enclosed in an envelope. Representative genera include Haemogregarina, Hepatozoon, and Klossiella.

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  • Haemogregarina — A sporozoan coccidian genus (order Eucoccidiida, family Haemogregarinidae) that parasitizes the blood cells of cold blooded animals and the digestive system of invertebrate primary hosts in an obligatory two host cycle. [G. haima …   Medical dictionary

  • Hepatozoon — A genus of coccidian parasites (family Haemogregarinidae), in which schizogony occurs in the visceral organs, gametogony in the leukocytes or erythrocytes of vertebrate animals, and sporogony in certain ticks and other blood sucking invertebrates …   Medical dictionary

  • Klossiella — Klos·si·el·la (klos″e elґə) a genus of coccidian protozoa (suborder Adeleina, order Eucoccidiida) parasitic in the renal cells of mammals, such as the mouse and guinea pig, characterized by the presence of an oocyst with many spores,… …   Medical dictionary

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