Veloxidium
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Veloxidium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Apicomplexa
Class:
Conoidasida
Subclass:
Gregarinasina
Order:
Archigregarinorida
Family:
Selenidioididae
Genus:
Veloxidium
Species
Veloxidium leptosynaptae
Veloxidium is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect marine invertebrates.
Contents
1 Taxonomy
2 Description
3 Life cycle
4 References
Taxonomy [ edit]
This species was described in 2012 by Wakeman and Leander.[1]
There is one species in this genus - Veloxidium leptosynaptae .
This species appears to be the nearest sister lineage to a diverse clade of marine eugregarines (lecudinids and urosporids).
Description [ edit]
This species infects the sea cucumber Leptosynapta clarki .
Life cycle [ edit]
The parasite infects the gastrointestinal tract and is presumably transmitted by the orofaecal route but the details of this mechanism are presently unknown.
References [ edit]
^ Wakeman KC, Leander BS (2012) Molecular phylogeny of Pacific Archigregarines (Apicomplexa), including descriptions of Veloxidium leptosynaptae n. gen. , n. sp. , from the sea cucumber Leptosynapta clarki (Echinodermata), and two new species of Selenidium . J Eukaryot Microbiol 59(3):232-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00616.x
Eukaryota: SAR: Alveolata
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Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(Supergroup
Plant
Hacrobia
Heterokont
Alveolata
Rhizaria
Excavata
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animal
Fungi)
Acavomonidia
Acavomonadea
Acavomonadida (Acavomonas )
Ciliophora
Intramacronucleata
Armophorea (Metopus )
Cariacotrichea (Cariacothrix caudata )
Colpodea (Colpoda )
Litostomatea (Balantidium , Dileptus )
Nassophorea (Nassula )
Oligohymenophorea (Ichthyophthirius , Paramecium , Tetrahymena , Vorticella )
Phyllopharyngea (Chilodonella , Tokophrya )
Plagiopylea (Plagiopyla )
Prostomatea (Coleps , Holophrya )
Protocruziea (Protocruzia )
Spirotrichea (Euplotes , Stylonychia )
Postciliodesmatophora
Heterotrichea (Stentor , Climacostomum , Blepharisma )
Karyorelictea (Loxodes , Tracheloraphis )
Mesodiniea (Mesodinium , Myrionecta )
Colponemidia
Colponemadea
Colponemadida (Colponema )
Myzozoa
Apicomplexa
Aconoidasida
Haemospororida
Garniidae (Garnia )
Haemoproteidae (Haemoproteus )
Leucocytozoidae (Leucocytozoon )
Plasmodiidae (Plasmodium )
Piroplasmida
Babesiidae (Babesia )
Theileriidae (Theileria )
Conoidasida
Coccidia
Agamococcidiorida
Gemmocystidae (Gemmocystis )
Rhytidocystidae (Rhytidocystis )
Eucoccidiorida
Adeleorina
Adeleidae
Dactylosomatidae (Babesiosoma , Dactylosoma )
Haemogregarinidae (Haemogregarina )
Hepatozoidae (Hepatozoon )
Karyolysidae (Karyolysus )
Klossiellidae (Klossiella )
Legerellidae (Legerella )
Eimeriorina
Aggregatidae (Aggregata , Grasseella , Merocystis , Ovivora , Pseudoklossia , Selysina )
Atoxoplasmatidae
Barrouxiidae
Calyptosporiidae
Caryotrophidae
Cryptosporidiidae (Cryptosporidium )
Eimeriidae (Cyclospora , Eimeria , Isospora )
Elleipsisomatidae
Lankesterellidae
Selenococcidiidae
Sarcocystidae
Sarcocystinae (Frenkelia , Sarcocystis )
Toxoplasmatinae (Besnoitia , Hammondia , Hyaloklossia , Nephroisospora , Neospora , Toxoplasma )
Ixorheorida
Protococcidiorida
Angeiocystidae (Angeiocystis )
Eleutheroschizonidae (Coelotropha , Defretinella , Eleutheroschizon )
Grelliidae (Coelotropha , Grellia )
Mackinnoniidae (Mackinnonia )
Myriosporidae (Myriosporides , Myriospora )
Gregarinia
Archigregarinorida
Exoschizonidae (Exoschizon )
Selenidioididae (Merogregarina , Meroselenidium , Selenidioides , Veloxidium )
Eugregarinorida
Aseptatorina
Aikinetocystidae
Allantocystidae
Diplocystidae
Enterocystidae
Ganymedidae
Lecudinidae
Monocystidae (Monocystinae, Oligochaetocystinae, Rhynchocystinae, Stomatophorinae, Zygocystinae)
Schaudinnellidae
Selenidiidae
Thiriotiidae
Urosporidae
Blastogregarinorina
Siedleckiidae (Siedleckia )
Septatorina
Fusionicae (Fusionidae)
Gregarinicae (Cephaloidophoridae, Cephalolobidae, Didymophoridae, Gregarinidae, Hirmocystidae, Metameridae, Uradiophoridae)
Porosporicae (Porosporidae)
Stenophoricae (Acutidae, Amphiplatysporidae, Brustiophoridae, Cnemidosporidae, Dactylophoridae, Leidyanidae, Monoductidae, Monoicidae, Sphaerocystidae, Stenophoridae, Trichorhynchidae)
Stylocephaloidea (Actinocephalidae, Stylocephalidae)
Blabericolidae
Neogregarinorida
Schizogregarinina (Caulleryellidae, Ophryocystidae)
Gigaductidae (Gigaductus )
Lipotrophidae (Apicystis , Farinocystis , Lipotropha , Lipocystis , Mattesia , Menzbieria )
Schizocystidae (Lymphotropha , Machadoella , Schizocystis )
Syncystidae (Syncystis )
Apicomonadea
Chromerida
Chromeraceae (Chromera velia )
Vitrellaceae (Vitrella brassicaformis )
Colpodellida
Colpodellidae (Colpodella )
Voromonadida
Alphamonadidae (Alphamonas )
Voromonadidae (Voromonas )
Dinoflagellata
Dinokaryota
With a theca: Dinophysiales (Dinophysis , Histioneis , Ornithocercus , Oxyphysis )
Gonyaulacales (Ceratium , Gonyaulax )
Peridiniales (Pfiesteria , Peridinium )
Prorocentrales (Prorocentrum )
Without theca: Gymnodiniales (Amphidinium , Gymnodinium , Karenia , Karlodinium )
Suessiales (Polarella , Symbiodinium )
Noctilucea
Syndinea
Syndiniales: Amoebophryaceae (Amoebophyra )
Duboscquellaceae (Duboscquella )
Syndiniaceae (Hematodinium , Syndinium )
Other
Acrocoelidae (Acrocoelus )
Ichthyodinium
Oxyrrhinaceae (Oxyrrhis )
Pronoctilucidae (Pronoctiluca )
Psammosidae (Psammosa )
Perkinsozoa
Perkinsea
Perkinsidae (Perkinsus )
Phagodinida (Phagodinium )
Rastromonadida (Parvilucifera , Rastrimonas )
Protoalveolata
Ellobiopsea
Ellobiopsidae (Elliobiocystis , Ellobiopsis , Parallobiopsis , Thalassomyces , Rhizellobiopsis )
Myzomonadea
Algovorida
Algovoridae (Algovora )
Chilovorida
Squirmidea
Squirmidae (Filipodium , Platyproteum )
Taxon identifiers
Wikidata: Q16993386
EoL: 38091681
IRMNG: 1484957
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