Apicomplexa
Translingual
Toxoplasma gondii, a species of Apicomplexa
Etymology
From Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”) + complexus (“an embrace”) (from complector (“I entwine, encircle, compass, infold”)), with feminine suffix.
Proper noun
Apicomplexa
- Parasitic Protista having no cilia
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Myzozoa.
- A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Myzozoa.[1]
Synonyms
- Sporozoa
Hypernyms
- (subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Biciliata - subkingdom; Neozoa - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Myzozoa - phylum
- (infraphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Apicomonada, Sporozoa - infraphyla
- (infraphylum): Apicomonada, Sporozoa - superclass[1]
References
Apicomplexa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Apicomplexa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Apicomplexa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Apicomplexa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Apicomplexa at Encyclopedia of Life
- Apicomplexa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- 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