order Haplosporidia

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A group of one-celled parasites that infect sea animals like shellfish

noun

Specialized

: orden Haplosporidia

Several important pathogens of marine invertebrates belong to the order Haplosporidia.

Examples

The order Haplosporidia includes parasites that affect shellfish populations.
Researchers are studying the life cycle of organisms in the order Haplosporidia.
The order Haplosporidia includes various single-celled parasites.
Researchers study the order Haplosporidia to understand its impact on marine life.
Several important pathogens of marine invertebrates belong to the order Haplosporidia.
Researchers are studying the life cycle of organisms in the order Haplosporidia.
The order Haplosporidia includes parasites that affect shellfish populations.

Synonyms

Haplosporidia

vsorder Haplosporidia

Specialized

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Single-celled parasites that infect sea animals like oysters and worms

is the scientific category without specifying typical animal hosts

Surface Forms

order Haplosporidia singular

orders Haplosporidia plural

Morphology

order + Haplosporidia

This phrase is compositionally built from 'order' (a taxonomic rank) and 'Haplosporidia' (the name of a group of parasitic organisms), so its meaning — the taxonomic order called Haplosporidia — follows directly from the constituents. This is a standard noun + name construction used cross-linguistically in biology, so a learner who knows both words would readily understand it.

Etymology

The name order Haplosporidia may come from Greek roots haplo-, meaning 'single', and spori-, meaning 'spore'. Scientists used this name because these tiny, single-celled parasites make simple spore stages, so the name helps remind us they are single-celled spore-formers that infect shellfish.