Apicomplexa

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”) + complexus (“an embrace”) (from complector (“I entwine, encircle, compass, infold”)), with feminine suffix.

Proper noun

Apicomplexa

Parasitic Protista having no cilia
1. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Myzozoa.
2. A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Myzozoa.^[1]

Synonyms

Sporozoa

Hypernyms

(subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Biciliata - subkingdom; Neozoa - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Myzozoa - phylum
(infraphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Alveolata – superphylum; Miozoa – phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum^[1]

Hyponyms

(subphylum): Apicomonada, Sporozoa - infraphyla
(infraphylum): Apicomonada, Sporozoa - superclass^[1]

References

Apicomplexa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Apicomplexa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Apicomplexa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Apicomplexa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Apicomplexa at National Center for Biotechnology Information

↑ ^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

[Ruggiero-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

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