''Diaspora'' is a genus in the phylum
Apicomplexa
The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia) are a large phylum of parasitic 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 structure. T ...
, first described by Leger in 1898.
[Leger L (1898) Essai sur la classification des coccidies et description de quelques especes nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Serie II, Bulletin Notes Zoologiques, Geologiques, Paleontologiques Variétés 1: 71-123]
Taxonomy
There is one species in this genus - ''
Diaspora hydatidea''. This species was isolated from a millipede (''
Polydesmus'' species)
This genus was created for those Eimeriidae whose
oocyst
Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organism i ...
s are unknown but have
sporocysts each containing a single
sporozoite
Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organism i ...
. As such it is poorly defined and may be revised in the future.
References
Apicomplexa genera
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