Sporozoans (Apicomplexa)
The members of this group share an "apical complex" of microtubules at one end of the cell (hence the name that many prefer to the old name of sporozoans). All the members of the phylum are parasites.
Sporozoans Members of the protists that are referred to as slime molds; may include organisms resembling the ancestors of fungi.
Some, called sporozoans, are nasty little parasites. These protists, like all parasites, cannot live on their own, and they harm the host organism over time. A disease called malaria is caused by one example of a sporozoan protist.
sporocyst (1) Stage of development of a sporozoan protozoan, usually with an enclosing membrane, the oocyst. (2) An asexual stage of development in some digenean trematodes that arises from a miracidium and gives rise to rediae.
It includes the protozoa, unicellular eukaryotic algae and some special forms of fungi (myxomycetes, acrasiales and oomycetes). It also contains sporozoans, causing diseases like malaria, and dinoflagellates which cause bioluminesence, and red tide ...
 See also: Organ, Life, Base, Long, Chromosome
  
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