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Dorisa
Genus of single-celled organisms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dorisa is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
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The genus was separated from the genus Dorisiella by Levine in 1980.[1] Dorisiella was created for a parasite infecting a marine polychaete by Ray in 1930. Levine separated off a number of species that while morphologically similar occurred in vertebrates rather that polychaetes.
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Life cycle
The species in this genus infect the gastrointestinal wall of vertebrates.
Description
Genus diagnosis is dependent on the oocyst: there is a definite cell wall in this genus whereas in Dorisiella the oocyst wall is membrane like.
Host records
- D. harpia - lesser hairy winged bat (Harpiocephalus harpia lasyurus)
References
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