Ixorheis is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
Taxonomy
This species and genus were described in 1978 by Massin, Jangoux and Sibuet.
The order and family were created by Levine in 1984.
Ixoreis psychropotae is currently the only known species in genus Ixorheis, family Ixorheidae and order Ixorheorida.
History
The species was isolated from the digestive tract of the sea cucumber Psychropotes longicauda.
Description
This species has been reported only once and little is known about it.
Gametogony is absent but both merogony and sporogony occur.
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