Heydornia
Genus of parasitic protist in the apicomplex phylum
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Heydornia is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
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| Subfamily: | Toxoplasmatinae |
| Genus: | Heydornia |
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Heydornia heydorni | |
History
Life cycle
The species in this genus have two vertebrate hosts in their life cycle: a canid (the definitive host) and prey species (the intermediate host). They are strictly heteroxenous.[1]
