Caryospora is a genus of parasitic protozoa in the phylum Apicomplexa. The species in this genus infect birds and reptiles with the majority of described species infecting snakes. It is the third largest genus in the family Eimeriidae. Despite the number of species in this genus, it has not been much studied. (en)
Caryospora – rodzaj pasożytniczych pierwotniaków należący do protista. Jego przedstawiciele powodują zachorowania kręgowców, głównie węży oraz drapieżnych ptaków. Rodzaj ten cechuje się tym iż oocysta zawiera pojedynczą sporocystę. Z kolei każda sporocysta zawiera 8 sporozoitów. Należą tutaj następujące gatunki: * Caryospora ahaetullae Modry i Koudela, 1994 * Caryospora arcayae Volcan i Medrano, * Caryospora argentati Schwalbach 1959 * Caryospora barnardae Upton, Freed, Burdick, i McAllister, 1990 * Caryospora bengalensis Mandal 1976 * Caryospora bigenetica Wacha & Christiansen 1982 * Caryospora bothriechis Seville, Asmundsson i Campbell, 2005 * Caryospora brasiliensis Carini 1932 * Caryospora brygooi Upton, Freed, Burdick, i McAllister, 1990 * Caryospora bubonis Cawthorn i Stockdale 1981 * Caryospora carajasensis Lainson, Paiva do Nascimento i Shaw, 1991 * Caryospora cheloniae Leibovitz, Rebell i Boucher 1978 * Caryospora cobrae Nandi 1985 * Caryospora colubris Matuschka 1984 * Caryospora coniophanis Seville, Asmundsson i Campbell, 2005 * Caryospora conophae Seville, Asmundsson i Campbell, 2005 * Caryospora constanciae Lainson, Paiva do Nascimento i Shaw, 1991 * Caryospora corallae Matuschka 1984 * Caryospora demansiae Cannon 1967 * Caryospora dendrelaphis Cannon i Rzepczyk 1974 * Daszak, Ball, Streicker i Jones 2005 * Caryospora duszynskii Upton, Current i Barnard 1984 * Caryospora epicrati Lainson, Paiva do Nascimento i Shaw 1991, nazwa poprawiona przez Modry 1998 * Caryospora ernsti Upton, Current i Barnard 1984 * Caryospora falconis Wetzel i Enigk 1937 * Caryospora gekkonis Chakravarty i Kar 1947 * Caryospora gloriae Pellérdy 1967 * Caryospora gracilis Upton, McAllister, Trauth i Bibb, 1992 * Caryospora guatemalensis Seville, Asmundsson i Campbell, 2005 * Caryospora henryae (Yakimoff & Matikaschwaili 1932) * Caryospora hermae Bray 1960 * Caryospora heterodermus Upton, Freed i Freed, 1992 * Caryospora japonicum Matsubayashi 1936 * Caryospora jararacae Carini 1939 * Caryospora jiroveci Cerná 1976 * Caryospora kalimantanensis Modry i Koudela, 1997 * Caryospora kansasensis Upton, Campbell, Weigel i McKown 1990 * Caryospora kutzeri Böer 1982 * Caryospora lampropeltis Anderson, Duszynski i Marquardt 1968 * Caryospora legeri Hoare 1933 * Caryospora lindsayi Upton, Campbell, Weigel i McKown 1990 * Caryospora maculatus Upton, Freed i Freed, 1992 * Caryospora madagascariensis Upton, Freed, Burdick i McAllister, 1990 * Caryospora masticophis Upton, McAllister i Trauth, 1994 * Caryospora maxima Modry, Koudela, AI-Oran i Amr, 1999 * Caryospora mayorum Seville, Asmundsson i Campbell, 2005 * Saxe, Levine i Ivens 1960 * Caryospora micruri Lainson, Paiva do Nascimento i Shaw, 1991 * Caryospora minuta Upton, Freed, Burdick i McAllister, 1990 * Caryospora najadae Matuschka 1986 * Caryospora najae Matuschka 1982 * Caryospora neofalconis Böer 1982 * Caryospora paraensis Lainson, Paiva do Nascimento i Shaw, 1991 * Caryospora peruensis Upton, Freed i Freed, 1989 * Caryospora psammophi Bray 1960 * Caryospora pseustesi Lainson, Paiva do Nascimento i Shaw, 1991 * Caryospora regentensis Daszak i Ball, 2001 * Caryospora relictae Telford, 1997 * Caryospora schokariensis Alyousif, Al-Anazi i Al~Shawa, 2004 * Caryospora serpentis Upton, Freed, Burdick i McAllister, 1990 * Caryospora simplex Léger 1904 * Caryospora strigis Gottschalk 1972 * Caryospora tantillae Telford, 1997 * Caryospora telescopis Matuschka 1986 * Caryospora tremula (Allen 1933) * Caryospora undata Schwalbach 1959 * Caryospora uptoni Lindsay i Blagburn, 1986 * Caryospora varaniornati Modry, Slapeta, Knotek i Koudela, 2001 * Caryospora veselyi Modry i Koudela, 1998 * Caryospora weyerae Bray 1960 * Caryospora zacapensis Seville, Asmundsson i Campbell, 2005 * Caryospora zuckermanae Bray 1960 (pl)