Sporozoa

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See also: sporozoa

Translingual

Etymology

Analysable as Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá) + ζῷον (zôion). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Sporozoa

  1. the sporozoans
    1. A taxonomic infraphylum within the phylum Myzozoa.
    2. A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Miozoa.

Usage notes

  • Placement of Sporozoa and associated taxa, especially higher taxa, is unsettled.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI