Apicomplexa

Translingual

Toxoplasma gondii, a species of Apicomplexa

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Apicomplexa

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

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References

  1. 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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