myxozoa
Noun
Meaning
myxozoa
Any aquatic parasite of the subphylum Myxozoa
Examples
Staurozoa have recently been recognised as a class in their own right rather than a sub-group of Scyphozoa, and there is debate about whether Myxozoa and Polypodiozoa are cnidarians or closer to bilaterians (more complex animals).
For example, Kudo (1954) included in the Sporozoa species of the Ascetosporea ( Rhizaria ), Microsporidia ( Fungi ), Myxozoa ( Animalia ) and Helicosporidium ( Chlorophyta ), while Zierdt (1978) included the genus Blastocystis ( Stramenopiles ).