Microsporidia

See also: microsporidia

Translingual

Etymology

Plural of microsporidium

Proper noun

Microsporidia

The microsporidians, spore-forming unicellular parasites of animal hosts, of which fewer than 1% are believed to have been described.
1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Fungi.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Sarcomastigota.[1]

Hypernyms

(phylum in Protozoa): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Sarcomastigota - subkingdom[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum in Fungi): Apansporoblastina, Pansporoblastina - orders
(phylum in Protozoa): Disporea, Metchnikovellea, Minisporea, Pleistophorea - classes[1]
- Metchnikovellida, Minisporida, Pleistophorida[1]; Microsporales - orders
  - Nosematidae - family incertae sedis

References

Microsporidia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Microsporidia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Microsporidia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Microsporidia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Microsporidia at World Register of Marine Species
Microsporidia at Encyclopedia of Life
Microsporidia at MycoBank
Microsporida on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Microsporea on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Microsporea at MycoBank
Microspora at Encyclopedia of Life
Microspora at MycoBank
Microsporidia at the Tree of Life Web Project

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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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