The Enterocystidae are a family of parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa.
Taxonomy
There is one genus in this family - Enterocystis
History
This family was created by Codreanu in 1940.Codreanu M (1940) Sur quatre grégarines nouvelles du genre Enterocystis, parasites des éphémères torrenticoles Arch Zool Exp Gén (Notes et Revue) 81: 113-122
Description These organisms have a spherical nucleus and can have a deep brown cytoplasm. They are found in the gut of insect hosts; such hosts include Psocoptera, and Ephemeroptera
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