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Apicomplexa
members of this phylum were formerly called sporozoans, and are parasites of animals, some of which cause dangerous human diseases.
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Apicomplexa Division of Protista which includes many parasites such as Plasmodium vivax which causes malaria
(api = bee or apic = apex summit tip) ...
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apicomplexa The protozoan phylum characterized by members having an apical complex used for penetrating host cells; cilia and flagella lacking, except in certain reproductive stages.
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Ciliates, Apicomplexa, dinoflagellates, etc.
The heterokonts and alveolates may be part of a larger group that is ancestrally photosynthetic, called the chromalveolates, but this remains contentious.
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Ciliates, Apicomplexa, dinoflagellates, etc.
However, some protists are not closely related to any of these lines, and the relationships between the different supergroups remain almost entirely uncertain.
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Sporozoans (Apicomplexa)
The members of this group share an "apical complex" of microtubules at one end of the cell (hence the name that many prefer to the old name of sporozoans). All the members of the phylum are parasites.
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Examples: Diplomonads, Parabasalids, Euglenoids, Kinetoplastids, Ciliates, Dinoflagellates, Apicomplexans, Oomycetes, Diatoms, Brown algae, red algae, Chlorophyta, Plants, Fungi, Animals, Choanoflagellates ...
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