''Myriospora'' is a genus of parasitic

alveolates The alveolates (meaning "pitted like a honeycomb") are a group of protists, considered a major clade and superphylum within Eukarya. They are currently grouped with the stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochond ...

belonging to 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. Th ...

Taxonomy

This genus was created in 1913 by Lermantoff.Lermantoff E (1913) Cber ''Myriospora trophoniae'' n. gen. n. sp., ein neues, in ''Trophonia plumosa'' parasitierendes Coccidium. Arch. Protistenkunde Jena 32 Currently two species are recognised in this genus.

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Apicomplexa genera {{Apicomplexa-stub