Cyclospora
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| Cyclospora | |
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| Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Eimeriidae |
| Genus: | Cyclospora Schneider, 1881 |
Cyclospora is a genus of apicomplexan parasites. It includes the species Cyclospora cayetanensis, the causative agent of cyclosporiasis.[1] Members of Cyclospora are characterized as having oocysts with two sporocysts, each containing two sporozoites.[2]
Several Cyclospora species have been described in various mammals including:[2]
- Cyclospora angimurinensis (from the Hispid pocket mouse)
- Cyclospora ashtabulensis (from the Hairy-tailed mole)
- Cyclospora caryolytica (from various insect-eating mammals)
- Cyclospora cayetanensis (from humans)
- Cyclospora cercopitheci (from African green monkeys)
- Cyclospora colobi (from the Colobus monkey)
- Cyclospora megacephali (from the Eastern mole)
- Cyclospora papionis (from the Olive baboon)
- Cyclospora parascalopi (from the Hairy-tailed mole)
- Cyclospora talpae (from the European mole)
A smaller number of species have been described from reptiles, arthropods, and snakes:[2]
- Cyclospora glomericola (from a millipede of the genus Glomeris)
- Cyclopsora niniae (from the snake Ninia sebae)
- Cyclospora scinci (from Scincus officinalis)
- Cyclospora viperae (from Vipera aspis)
- Cyclopsora zamensis (from various snakes)
