Microsporidia

Microsporidia

See also: microsporidia

Translingual

Etymology

Plural of New Latin microsporidium.

Proper noun

Microsporidia

1. 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 at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Microsporea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Microsporea at MycoBank
• Microspora at Encyclopedia of Life
• Microspora at MycoBank
• Microsporidia at the Tree of Life Web Project

1. 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