''Aseptatorina'' is a suborder of parasitic alveolates of the
phylum Apicomplexia
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. ...
Taxonomy
There are eleven families recognised in this suborder. There are ~400 species in these families.
Five families — ''Allantocystidae'', ''Diplocystidae'', ''Enterocystidae'', ''Ganymedidae'' and ''Schaudinnellidae'' — have only one genus. ''Aikinetocystidae'' has two genera.
Two families in this suborder — ''Ganymedidae'' and ''Thiriotiidae'' — infect
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can ...
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The taxonomy of this suborder may be in need of revision as it has been shown based on SSU 18S rDNA sequences that four families — ''Ganymedidae'' from the Aseptatorina and ''Cephalolobidae'', ''Porosporidae'' and ''Uradiophoridae'' from the
Septatorina appear to form a superfamily.
The name ''Cephaloidophoroidea'' has been proposed for this superfamily
History
This suborder was created by Chakravarty in 1960.
Description
The
gamont of the species in this suborder have a single compartment. An
epimerite or
mucron is found in some species.
Syzygy occurs.
References
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SAR supergroup suborders
Conoidasida