Rhytidocystidae

Apicomplexa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Sar
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Subclass: Coccidia
Order: Agamococcidiorida
Family: Rhytidocystidae
Genus

Rhytidocystis

Rhytidocystidae is a family within the order Agamococcidiorida of the phylum Apicomplexa.[1] All members of this family are parasitic protozoa.

Species in this family are found in marine annelids.

Taxonomy

There is one genus in this family.

References

  1. Levine ND (1979) Agamococcidiorida ord. n. and Rhytidocystidae fam. n. for the coccidian genus Rhytidocystis Henneguy, 1907. J Protozool 26 (2) 167–168
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