The phylum Apicomplexa encompasses a large number of intracellular protozoan parasites, including the causative agents of malaria, toxoplasmosis, and many other human and animal diseases.
Current thinking in the phylogeny of protists places the dinoflagellates in the Alveolates, along with the Apicomplexa, Ciliata, and Foraminifera.
A final group of Alveolates are the Apicomplexa, a group of parasitic and disease-causing protists.
Two other phyla thought to be closely related to dinoflagellates are the Ciliophora and the Apicomplexa.
Similarly, all genera have some sort of anterior conoid like structure associated with predation or intracellular insertion in the Apicomplexa.
Definition of Apicomplexa in US English:
Apicomplexa
proper nounˌapikəmˈpleksə
another term for Sporozoa
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Current thinking in the phylogeny of protists places the dinoflagellates in the Alveolates, along with the Apicomplexa, Ciliata, and Foraminifera.
Similarly, all genera have some sort of anterior conoid like structure associated with predation or intracellular insertion in the Apicomplexa.
A final group of Alveolates are the Apicomplexa, a group of parasitic and disease-causing protists.
Two other phyla thought to be closely related to dinoflagellates are the Ciliophora and the Apicomplexa.
The phylum Apicomplexa encompasses a large number of intracellular protozoan parasites, including the causative agents of malaria, toxoplasmosis, and many other human and animal diseases.