Conoid

Conoid

Research domain

Parasitology
Taxonomy

Taxonomic markers

Apicomplexa

Definition

A cone-shaped cytoskeletal structure that functions as scaffolding for rhoptries of the apical complex. Conoids comprise microtubules and can be completely closed, as in apicomplexans, or open-sided, as in colpodellids and perkinsids. 

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