Skrjabinella is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.
History This genus was created by Matschoulsky in 1949.Matschoulsky SN (1949) On the study of coccidia of rodents of the Southern district of Buryat-Mongolia USSR. Trudy Buryat-Mongolia Zoovetinstituta Veposk 5: 40-56 The genus is named after the parasitologist Skrjabin.
Taxonomy There is currently only one species recognised in this genus - Skrjabinella mongolica.
Life cycle This species was isolated from the faeces of the jerboa (Allactaga saltator). Transmission is presumably by the orofaecal route but very little is known about this species.
Description The oocysts have 16 sporocysts, each with one sporozoite.
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