Veloxidium

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.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2012 by Wakeman and Leander.^[1]

There is one species in this genus - Veloxidium leptosynaptae.

Description

This species infects the sea cucumber Leptosynapta clarki.

Life cycle

The parasite infects the gastrointestinal tract and is presumably transmitted by the orofaecal route but the details of this mechanism are presently unknown.

References

^ 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

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[Wakeman2012-1] 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

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