The Enterocystidae are a family of parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa.

Taxonomy

There is one genus in this family - ''Enterocystis''

History

This family was created by Codreanu in 1940.Codreanu M (1940) Sur quatre grégarines nouvelles du genre ''Enterocystis'', parasites des éphémères torrenticoles Arch Zool Exp Gén (Notes et Revue) 81: 113-122

Description

These organisms have a spherical nucleus and can have a deep brown cytoplasm. They are found the gut of insect hosts; such hosts include ''

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References

Apicomplexa families Conoidasida {{Apicomplexa-stub