1st Edition

The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa Volume 1

By Norman D. Levine Copyright 1988
218 Pages
by CRC Press

218 Pages
by CRC Press

About the turn of the century the Apicomplexa plus some other groups were called Sporozoa. With the advent of the electron microscope, it was realized that most "Sporozoa" have an apical complex; those which do not (the Microspora, Myxozoa, and Ascetospora) were removed and the name Apicomplexa was put forward by Dr. Levine in 1970. Most of the important Apicomplexa fall into five main groups: the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Class Perkinasida 3.The Gregarines- Archigregarines 4. The Gregarines- Blastogregarines 5.The Gregarines- Aseptate Eugregarines 6.The Gregarines- Neogarines 7. The Coccidia- Agamoccidiorida, Protococcidiorida, and Ixorheorida 8.The Coccidia- Adeleinorina 9.The Coccidia- Eimeriorina

Biography

Levine, Norman D.