Karyolysus

Karyolysus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Karyolysidae
Genus:
Species

Karyolysus lacazei
Karyolysus lacertae
Karyolysus latus
Karyolysus minor
Karyolysus sonomae

Karyolysus is a genus of coccidia.[1] With the exception of K. sonomae whose vertebrate host is the yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii boylii), species in this genus only infect lizards of the genus Lacerta.

  1. ^ Beyer TV, Svezhova NV, Radchenko AI, Sidorenko NV (2002). "Parasitophorous vacuole: morphofunctional diversity in different coccidian genera (a short insight into the problem)". Cell Biol. Int. 26 (10): 861–71. doi:10.1006/cbir.2002.0943. PMID 12421577. S2CID 24732217.