Abstract: | Grellia gen. n. is established for the genus Eucoccidium of Grell (1953) preoccupied, and the classification of the apicomplexan order Protococcidiorida Kheisin, 1956 is reviewed, giving diagnoses, type species and a list of species. Grelliidae fam. n. is established for the genera Grellia, Coelotropha, Myriosporides and Defretinella. |