Lankesterella (Apicomplexa)

Lankesterella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidiasina
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Family:	Lankesterellidae
Genus:	Lankesterella
Species
Lankesterella alencari Lankesterella baznosanui Lankesterella bufonis Lankesterella hylae Lankesterella millani Lankesterella minima Lankesterella valsainensis Lankesterella macrovacuolata Lankesterella vacuolata Lankesterella petiti^[1] Lankesterella poeppigii Lankesterella tritonis

Lankesterella is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect amphibians, reptiles^[2] and birds.^[3]

The type species is Lankesterella minima.

^ Lainson, R.; Paperna, I. (1995). "Light and electron microscope study of a Lankesterella petiti n. sp., (Apicomplexa: Lankesterellidae) infecting Bufo marinus (Amphibia: Anura) in Pará, North Brazil". Parasite. 2 (3): 307–313. doi:10.1051/parasite/1995023307. ISSN 1252-607X.
^ Paperna, I.; Ogara, W. (2014). "Description and ultrastructure of Lankesterella species infecting frogs in Kenya". Parasite. 3 (4): 341–349. doi:10.1051/parasite/1996034341. ISSN 1252-607X.
^ Chagas, Carolina Romeiro Fernandes; Harl, Josef; Preikša, Vytautas; Bukauskaitė, Dovilė; Ilgūnas, Mikas; Weissenböck, Herbert; Valkiūnas, Gediminas (2021). "Lankesterella (Apicomplexa, Lankesterellidae) Blood Parasites of Passeriform Birds: Prevalence, Molecular and Morphological Characterization, with Notes on Sporozoite Persistence in Vivo and Development in Vitro". Animals. 11 (5): 1451. doi:10.3390/ANI11051451. PMC 8158525. PMID 34070187.