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| Genus: | Heydornia
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Heydornia is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
History[edit]
This genus was created in 2016 by splitting canid-infecting species from Hammondia based on the molecular phylogenetic analysis.[1]
Life cycle[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ogedengbe; et al. (2016). "Molecular phylogenetic analyses of tissue coccidia (sarcocystidae; apicomplexa) based on nuclear 18s RDNA and mitochondrial COI sequences confirms the paraphyly of the genus Hammondia". Parasitology Open. 2: e2. doi:10.1017/pao.2015.7.