Bioccala is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum

Apicomplexia The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia) are a large phylum of parasitic Alveolata, alveolates. Most of them possess a unique form of organelle that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an apicoplast, and an apical complex stru ...

Taxonomy

This subgenus was raised to

status by Landau ''et al.'' in 1984.

Hosts

* Big brown bat (''

Eptesicus fuscus The big brown bat (''Eptesicus fuscus'') is a species of vesper bat distributed widely throughout North America, the Caribbean, and the northern portion of South America. It was first described as a species in 1796. Compared to other microbat ...

'') * Intermediate roundleaf bat ('' Hipposideros larvatus'')

Distribution

These parasites are found in Colombia and Thailand.

References

Apicomplexa genera Haemosporida {{Apicomplexa-stub de:Plasmodiidae