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 protozoa having no cilia
   1. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Myzozoa.
   2. A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Myzozoa.

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

Hyponyms

• (subphylum): Apicomonada, Sporozoa – infraphyla
• (infraphylum): Apicomonada, Sporozoa – superclasses

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