Wenyonella

Wenyonella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Coccidiasina
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Suborder:	Eimeriorina
Family:	Eimeriidae
Genus:	Wenyonella
Species
	Wenyonella africana; Wenyonella ameivae; Wenyonella anatis; Wenyonella arcayae; Wenyonella baghdadensis; Wenyonella bahli; Wenyonella columbae; Wenyonella gagari; Wenyonella gallinae; Wenyonella hoarei; Wenyonella levinei; Wenyonella mackinnonae; Wenyonella maligna; Wenyonella markovi; Wenyonella parva; Wenyonella pellerdyi; Wenyonella philiplevinei; Wenyonella uelensis

Wenyonella is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa. The genus was described in 1933 by Hoare.^[1]

The type species is Wenyonella africana.

Description

The species in this genus have oocysts with four sporocysts: each sporocyst gives rise to four sporozoites. They are found in the gastrointestinal tracts of reptiles, birds and mammals.

^ Hoare CA (1933) Studies on some new ophidian and avian coccidia from Uganda, with a revision of the classification of the Eimeriidea. Parasitology 25: 359-388