Ixorheorida is an order

Order (biology)

In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...

 within the subclass

Class (biology)

In biological classification, class is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order...

 Conoidasida

Conoidasida

Conoidasida is a class of protists.The class was defined in 1988 by Levine and contains two subclasses - the coccidia and the gregarines. All members of this class have a complete, hollow, truncated conoid...

 of the phylum

Phylum

In biology, a phylum The term was coined by Georges Cuvier from Greek φῦλον phylon, "race, stock," related to φυλή phyle, "tribe, clan." is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. "Phylum" is equivalent to the botanical term division....

 Apicomplexia. All members of this order are parasitic protozoa

Protozoa

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The order has one family - Ixorheidae - , this family has one genus - Ixorheis - and this genus has a single species - Ixorheis psychropotae.

This species and genus were described in 1978 by Massin, Jangoux and Sibuet.

The order and family were created by Levine in 1984.

Life cycle

Gametogony is absent in this order but both merogony and sporogony occur.