#sporozoan parasitic spore-forming protozoan
supertype: protozoan__protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
member of: class_Sporozoa
subtype: sporozoite one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
subtype: trophozoite a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
subtype: merozoite a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
subtype: coccidium__eimeria parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
subtype: gregarine vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
subtype: haemosporidian minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
subtype: Plasmodium_vivax__plasmodium__malaria_parasite__malariaparasite parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
subtype: haemoproteid related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds
subtype: leucocytozoan__leucocytozoon parasitic in birds
subtype: piroplasm minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
subtype: sarcosporidian__sarcocystidean__sarcocystieian parasite of the muscles of vertebrates
subtype: haplosporidian parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
subtype: actinomyxidian parasites of worms
subtype: microsporidian parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
subtype: myxosporidian mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens
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