Description of Pyxinioides
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Uradiophorid septate gregarine, epimerite a ribbed button with 16 longitudinal furrows and a small apical cone, or a cupule with a central trunk; gametocysts dehisce by simple rupture; oocysts unknown or ellipsoidal, with a large appendage at one end, often united in packets; in barnacles; type species: P. balani
