Heydornia is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.

Heydornia
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Heydornia
Species

Heydornia heydorni
Heydornia triffittae

History

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This genus was created in 2016 by splitting canid-infecting species from Hammondia based on the molecular phylogenetic analysis.[1]

Life cycle

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The species in this genus have two vertebrate hosts in their life cycle: a canid (the definitive host) and prey species (the intermediate host). They are strictly heteroxenous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ogedengbe; et al. (2016). "Molecular phylogenetic analyses of tissue coccidia (sarcocystidae; apicomplexa) based on nuclear 18s RDNA and mitochondrial COI sequences confirms the paraphyly of the genus Hammondia". Parasitology Open. 2: e2. doi:10.1017/pao.2015.7.