Oligochaetocystinae

Oligochaetocystinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Sar
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa ; Levine 1970
Class:	Conoidasida ; Levine 1988
Subclass:	Gregarinasina ; Dufour 1828
Order:	Eugregarinorida ; Grassé & Schrével 1953
Suborder:	Aseptatorina ; Chakravarty 1960
Family:	Monocystidae
Subfamily:	Monocystinae
Genera
	Acarogregarina; Echiurocystis; Neomonocystis; Oligochaetocystis

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The Oligochaetocystinae is a subfamily of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa.

Taxonomy

There are four genera in this subfamily: Acarogregarina, Echiurocystis, Neomonocystis and Oligochaetocystis

This subfamily was created in 1956 by Meier.^[1]

The oocysts are cylindrical without thickening at ends.

↑ Meier M (1956) Die Monocystideenfauna der Oligochaten von Erlangen und Umgebung. Arch Protistenkd 101: 335–400