Exoschizon
Genus of single-celled organisms
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Exoschizon is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa. It is the only genus in the family Exoschizonidae.
| Exoschizon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Archigregarinorida |
| Family: | Exoschizonidae Levine, 1971 |
| Genus: | Exoschizon Hukui, 1939 |
| Species: | E. siphonosomae |
| Binomial name | |
| Exoschizon siphonosomae Hukui, 1939 | |
History
Exoschizonidae was described by Levine in 1971.[1]
Taxonomy
Exoschizon is the only genus currently recognised in the family Exoschizonidae. The genus has only one species - Exoschizon siphonosomae - which was described by Hukui in 1939.[2]
