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nounstrictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
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Definition that contains sporozoa
- malaria an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
- protozoa in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
- sporozoite one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
- subclass acnidosporidia a subclass of Sporozoa
- merozoite a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
- trophozoite a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
- subclass telosporidia parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
- acnidosporidia a subclass of Sporozoa
- telosporidia parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites
- schizogony asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans