Eimeriorina is a suborder of phylum

Apicomplexa The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia) are a large phylum of parasitic alveolates. Most of them possess a unique form of organelle that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an apicoplast, and an apical complex structure. The ...

. All species in this clade are homoxenous or facultatively homoxenous.

Merogony Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organism is ...

, gamogony and

oocyst Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organis ...

formation all occur within the same host. The hosts may be

vertebrate Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxon, taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () (chordates with vertebral column, backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the ...

s or

invertebrate Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordate ...

s. Erroneous identifications of species is a major problem in

coccidia Coccidia (Coccidiasina) are a subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida. As obligate intracellular parasites, they must live and reproduce within an ...

n systematics and it is likely that some of the genera and species will be revised.

Taxonomy

There are 12 families, 2 subfamilies and 50 genera recognised in this suborder. The genus ''

Eimeria ''Eimeria'' is a genus of apicomplexan parasites that includes various species capable of causing the disease coccidiosis in animals such as cattle, poultry and smaller ruminants including sheep and goats. ''Eimeria'' species are considered to be ...

'' with ~1500 species is the largest genus in this suborder.

Notes

One genus is entirely entomoxenous (parasitic on insects) — ''

Barrouxia ''Barrouxia'' is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa. This genus was created by Schneider in 1885.Levine ND (1983) The genera ''Barrouxia'', ''Defretinella'', and ''Goussia'' of the coccidian family Barrouxiidae ( ...

''. The taxonomic status of '' Atoxoplasma'' remains unclear.

References

Conoidasida SAR supergroup suborders {{Apicomplexa-stub