Cyclospora

Translingual

Cyclospora cayetanensis

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “ring, circle”) +‎ σπορά (sporá, “seed”).

Proper noun

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Eimeriidae – described by Schneider, certain chromists including one (Cyclospora cayetanensis) causing diarrhea in humans.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ceramiaceae – described by Agardh, certain red algae, now in Carpoblepharis.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Eimeridae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Apicomplexa - subphylum; Sporozoa - infraphylum; Coccidea - class; Eimerida - order; Eimeriidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus in Eimeriidae): Cyclospora glomericola - type species; Cyclospora cayetanensis - selected other species
• (genus in Ceramiaceae): Cyclospora curtissiae - sole species, now syn. of Carpoblepharis curtissiae

References

in Eimeriidae

• Cyclospora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cyclospora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cyclospora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cyclospora at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cyclospora available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (Schneider)

in Ceramiaceae

• Carpoblepharis at World Register of Marine Species
• Cyclospora at AlgaeBase
• Cyclospora available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (Agardh)