Term: Sporozoa or or Sporozoans
Literally meaning: “animals forming spores"
Origin: Anc Greek
+σπόρος(=seed) > (=sow,) >σπείρω/spearo (=disperse)
ζώα/zoa(=plural of “ζώον”/zoon=a live thing, animal)
Coined/History
The name is based on sporozoans’ ability to form reproductive cells known as spores.
Definition
Sporozoa (or sporozoans) are obligate intracellular protozoan parasites that lack locomotor organs, such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma gondii.
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