| Acroeimeria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Eimeriidae |
| Genus: | Acroeimeria Paperna and Landsberg 1989 |
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Acroeimeria cnemidophori | |
Acroeimeria is a genus of parasites that contains those species which initially develop immediately beneath the brush-border of the intestinal epithelium, but the meronts and gamonts of which are early on extruded to form a layer on the surface of the gut mucosa. Morphologically they are similar to the Eimeria to which they are closely related. The genus was described in 1989 by Paperna and Landsberg.[1]
- ^ Paperna A, Landsberg GH (1989). "Description and taxonomic discussion of eimerian coccidia from African and Levantine geckoes". South African J. Zool. 24 (4): 345–355. doi:10.1080/02541858.1989.11448176.