1. A subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida (Coccidia)
   - order Coccidia

1. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
   "Coccidium infections can cause severe diarrhoea in animals";
   - eimeria

Type of: animal order, sporozoan

Part of: subclass Telosporidia, Telosporidia

Encyclopedia: Coccidia