Gousseffia

Gousseffia
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Gousseffia

Levine 1980
Species

Gousseffia erinacei

Gousseffia is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa.

This genus was originally named Yakimovella after the parasitologist Yakimoff.[1] Levine in 1980 noted that this genus name was already in use and renamed the genus Gousseffia.[2]

  1. ^ Levine ND, Ivens V (1979) The coccidia (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) of insectivores. Revista iber Parasit 39 (1-4): 269
  2. ^ Levine ND (1980) Some corrections of coccidian (Apicomplexa: Protozoa) nomenclature. J Parasitol 66: 830-834