Echinococcidium

Echinococcidium is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.

Echinococcidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Subclass:	Haemosporidiasina
Order:	Achromatorida
Suborder:	Babesiina
Family:	Babesiidae
Genus:	Echinococcidium
Species
Echinococcidium notomasti

History

This genus was described by Porchet in 1978 in specimens collected in Boulogne, France.

Taxonomy

At present only a single species in this genus is known - Echinococcidium notomasti.